by David West | Sep 8, 2023 | News
My directors demanded innovation. Innovate or die was the mantra. Faster! Cheaper! Lighter! Stronger! You get the picture. And there is a place for it. I’d rather cross the Atlantic in a modern airliner than a Zeppelin. I’d rather be treated by a modern surgeon than a...
by David West | Sep 7, 2023 | News
On 7th September 1940 there was a turning point in the Battle of Britain. The Luftwaffe switched from attacking RAF Fighter Command airfields, to bombing London. The Blitz as it was known, was devastating for London, but a huge relief to Fighter Command. Although the...
by David West | Sep 5, 2023 | News
Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu became Cardinal Richelieu on 5th September 1622, in the reign of Louis XIII. The assassination of Louis’s father, Henry IV in 1610 is the subject of The Suggested Assassin, the third book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures....
by David West | Sep 3, 2023 | News
Reinforced-Autoclaved-Aerated-Concrete (RAAC) is very much in the news in the UK. More than a hundred schools have been forced to close because of the risk of classrooms collapsing. I’m a retired civil engineer and have designed and built numerous concrete structures....
by David West | Sep 3, 2023 | News
On the 3rd of September 1940 Richard Hillary was shot down during the most intense phase of the Battle of Britain. Richard Hillary was the author of my favourite book, The Last Enemy, which I posted about in Readers Club. He had joined the Oxford University Air...
