by David West | Dec 23, 2023 | News
Today’s murder became known as the Day of the Dagger. On the 23rd December 1588 the bodyguards of King Henri III of France stabbed to death the king’s main rival, Henri Duke of Guise. The late 16th century was a turbulent period in France, marked by deep religious...
by David West | Dec 22, 2023 | News
Forgive me, father, it’s been thirty days since my last golf lesson. I’ve been trying hard to correct my faults, but I keep straying from the correct swing path. I know my knees are moving too much. When I swing righteously, my shots are heavenly, true, straight, and...
by David West | Dec 19, 2023 | News
Last night I watched Killing Sherlock, Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle. I’ve written about my childhood reading before. The Jennings books by Anthony Buckeridge led me to read the Sherlock Holmes books. I recall Jennings, and his boarding school pal...
by David West | Dec 17, 2023 | News
I ran a series of posts about my flying training recently. On 17th December 1903 the first sustained powered flight was made by Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk North Carolina. It lasted twelve seconds, achieved a speed of almost seven miles per hour, and an altitude of...
by David West | Dec 15, 2023 | News
I’ve now written 20,000 words in Book 5 of the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, and I’ve barely got started. I’m in chapter 4, and we’ve just had the second murder. The tension is ramping up, and we now have jeopardy. I have a working title, The Favourite Murder. It’ll...
