by David West | Sep 26, 2026 | News
I never miss an opportunity to post about my alma mater. The Siege of Oxford in 1142 was one of the most dramatic episodes of the civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, a conflict remembered as the Anarchy. It was also a moment when the struggle for the...
by David West | Sep 25, 2026 | News
On the 25th of September, 275CE, the Roman Senate chose, for the last time, Marcus Claudius Tacitus as emperor. I have written about several Roman Emperors, of whom Octavian was the first. We seem to be approaching the end now. Marcus Claudius Tacitus was Roman...
by David West | Sep 24, 2026 | News
The iconic Routemaster bus was introduced on the 24th of September, 1954. If it was raining when I was a child I took the 229 bus to school, otherwise I’d walk the two and a half miles. The bus was a Routemaster. I’ve written often enough about aviation, so it’s high...
by David West | Sep 23, 2026 | News
Today I loaded the ebook and paperback formats of Serpent’s Teeth, the fifth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, onto Kindle Direct Publishing. I have scheduled the publication date for the 1st of November. I have ordered a proof copy of the paperback so that...
by David West | Sep 23, 2026 | News
The Battle of Arnemuiden, fought on the 23rd of September, 1338, was one of the opening naval engagements of the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. Although much smaller than later famous battles such as Sluys (1340), Arnemuiden was historically...
by David West | Sep 22, 2026 | News
The Battle of Zutphen was fought on the 22nd of September, 1586, during the Eighty Years’ War. This was the war that my ancestor, the Elizabethan spy, Sir Anthony Standen was involved in. However he was chased out of Flanders in 1577 and was spying in Spain in 1586....
