by David West | Sep 24, 2022 | News
I’ve just discovered some amazing connections to Sir Anthony Standen. I’m 39 pages into The Craft – How the Freemasons Made the Modern World, by John Dickie. It’s a fascinating book. I’ve just learnt that the father of freemasonry is William Schaw, who was made...
by David West | Sep 23, 2022 | News
I went with my father when he visited the Rifle Brigade Museum in Winchester, when I was a boy. He was looking for a book, The Rifle Brigade Chronicle, but he didn’t know which edition. He knew that it had his name in it, and that it was in an article written by...
by David West | Sep 22, 2022 | News
Since the abdication of Edward VIII we have enjoyed a clear line of succession. It hasn’t always been so. I recently reviewed Senlac in Readers Club, which covers the period around 1066. The death of Edward the Confessor presaged the Battle of Hastings and William,...
by David West | Sep 20, 2022 | News
Having connected my father with James Bond and Princess Anne, I thought this is a good way of telling his stories. My father was a dispatch rider with the Rifle Brigade in WWII, twice promoted to lance corporal and busted the next day following the celebrations. I’m...
by David West | Sep 18, 2022 | News
I think I’m making progress. I’ve approved the 15 minute sample for the audiobook of Fire and Earth. ACX are going through their quality checks of the audio files for The Spy who Sank the Armada. If you don’t know what ACX is, it’s the Amazon owned company which...
by David West | Sep 17, 2022 | News
It may seem an ambitious task to connect my father, James Bond, and Princess Anne, but bear with me. My father served in the Rifle Brigade in World War II. They were attached to 7th Armoured Division, the Desert Rats. I carry his shoulder flash in my wallet. One day I...
