by David West | Apr 7, 2026 | News
On the 7th of April, 451, Attila the Hun captured Metz, slaughtered most of its inhabitants, and burnt the town. I’ve written about some bad dudes, Hitler and Mussolini to name but two, but Attila the Hun is the bad dude that all others are compared to. Attila the...
by David West | Apr 6, 2026 | News
On the 6th of April, 1652, Jan Van Riebeeck established a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope that eventually became Cape Town. During World War II my father’s troop ship put into Cape Town and the troops were billeted with local people for a few days. My father...
by David West | Apr 5, 2026 | News
On the 5th of April, 1974, Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King, was published for the first time with a print run of 30,000 copies. I have to confess that the only Stephen King books I have read so far are On Writing, which is brilliantly written, and supremely...
by David West | Apr 4, 2026 | News
On the 4th of April, 503BC, the Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. Agrippa Menenius Lanatus belongs to the half-legendary generation of early Roman leaders whose deeds sit on the border between history...
by David West | Apr 3, 2026 | News
On the 3rd of April, 1589, Sultan Murad III, leader of the Ottoman Emprire, faced a revolt by his janissaries, the elite infantry who formed his bodyguard. Murad is a minor character in The Spy who Sank the Armada, the first book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures....
