Norman Conquest
St. Andrews church, East Winchester, England Christmas is upon us, the shops are resplendent with decorations – some quite magnificent as I witnessed in London at Harrods, Fortnum & Mason […]
Marie Antoinette & the Blue Dot
There is so much happening in the world at the moment. The airwaves are filled with commentary surrounding the US election, the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, […]
Oh What a World!
Finished! I’ve just put my latest Major Gask & Erroll Rait novel to bed with my one hundred thousand, one hundred and fifty-first word. The word was ‘nuptials’ if […]
The Onrushing Tide
Clouds trace out islands in the Caribbean Sea in this photo taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. NASA It’s been an unusually cool winter on the […]
A Manual for the Brain – Ch 1: Creativity
I am working on my next Findo Gask & Erroll Rait novel, the Case of the Beth-El stone. Starting in Melbourne they have so far travelled to New Zealand, London, […]
Searching for the Babel Fish
The Tower of Babel, a story from the Book of Genesis, tells of a grandiose tower built by mankind to reach the heavens. But, according to the story, God […]
Recycling
The defendants in the Beer Hall Putsch trial, from left to right: Heinz Pernet, Friedrich Weber, Wilhelm Frick, Hermann Kriebel, Erich Ludendorff, Adolf Hitler, Wilhelm Brückner, Ernst Röhm and Robert […]
Man’s inhumanity
I find the news at the moment discouraging and alarming. Putin’s murder of Alexei Navalny – a brave, courageous man if there ever was one – coupled with a […]
New Year Resolutions
I woke up to pictures of flames roaring from a Japanese jet on the runway in Tokyo – a fireball that sent shivers down my spine. How many poor souls […]
Christmas Greetings
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year What a year it’s been! We have seen conflict on a scale not seen since 1945. The valiant Ukrainian […]