Night Flying
In his book ‘Tiger moths to Typhoons’ F/Lt Peter Watson lets us into the world of the Second World War night flying school. “There were one or two consolations about…
Gunpowder
Gunpowder became known in the West about the middle of the thirteenth century. The Franciscan scientist Roger Bacon mentioned it as something already widely known; this is his description of…
Henry V Guns
Henry V’s force of 1415 was the first English army to use real artillery, though siege guns played no part at Agincourt. They had pet names as ‘London’ and the…
A night on Hill 60
I was reading Norman Gladden’s book ‘YPRES 1917’ when i came across his account of his dealings with the Australian’s on Hill 60. Although the account is not specifically about…
Buffalo Springfield and Sixties TV
Buffalo Springfield was formed after a chance meeting on Sunset Boulevard in 1966. Neil Young in the book “Shakey” recalls their bid for stardom and the subsequent fall out as…
Personal Hygiene
The Daily Express – Enquire Within publication of 1934, gives the reader all useful and helpful information on every day issues. When it comes to Personal Hygiene it has some…
The Comprehensiveness of the Gunpowder Plot
George Carlton, James 1st bishop of Chichester, explained the diabolical comprehensiveness of the Gunpowder plotters:- “Their hellish device was at one blow to root out religion, to destroy the state,…
Ryan Adams and Music is like making a Pizza
Singer songwriter Ryan Adams in an interview with the New Zealand’s Volume Anthonie Tonnon lets us into his the secret of his dong writing genius. It turns out like everything…
Bono and Sixties Influences
U2’s Bono recalls his early childhood influences in conversation with Michka Assayas. Do you remember the first time you heard music that really hit you hard? Oh yeah, I can…
That Ration Fatigue
This excellent little article comes from the great book “Bullets & Billets” By Bruce Bairnsfather. Here he describes the trenches in Belgium and at the undesirable job of being on…