Are we obsessed with murder? Well this month’s Red Herrings, the bulletin of the Crime Writers’ Association seems to think so. In an article by Connie Berry she suggests that the British mystery is one in which a seemingly impossible crime, usually a murder, occurs in...

On the 27th of February, well, I fear I’m running out of history. King Henry IV of France was crowned, but I’ve covered him. Lord Byron gave his first address to the House of Lords, but I’ve covered him too. I could go on, but thankfully in 1900 the Labour Party was...

On the 26th of February, 1995, the UK’s oldest investment bank, Barings, collapsed after the rogue securities broker, Nick Leeson, lost $1.4 billion speculating on futures contracts using the Singapore International Monetary Exchange. The collapse of Barings Bank in...

On the 25th of February, 1939, the first Anderson Shelter was constructed in a garden in Islington. I remember when I was a child that one of my friends still had an Anderson Shelter in his back garden. The Anderson shelter was one of the most important civil-defence...

On the 24th of February, 1809, London’s Drury Lane Theatre burnt to the ground leaving its owner, Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute. Sheridan was an immensely talented man, and it’s him rather than the theatre that I want to write about. Sheridan was born in Dublin...

The Alamo is a film that I watched so many times as a child. My parents were both great fans of John Wayne. The Siege of the Alamo, fought from the 23rd of February to the 6th of March, 1836, is one of the most famous and symbolically powerful episodes in American and...

The Battle of Toulon began on the 22nd of February, 1744, as a result of which several Royal Navy captains were court-martialed, and the Articles of War were amended. It was a major naval engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession and one of the most...

On the 21st of February, 1808, Russian troops crossed the border at Abborfors in Eastern Finland into Swedish territory and starting the first Finnish War.  The First Finnish War, more commonly known in English as the Finnish War of 1808–1809, was a decisive conflict...

I thought it was time to provide an update on my progress with Cade’s Point, the sixth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. Don’t be concerned if you think you’ve missed book 5, Serpent’s Teeth. I’ve written it but haven’t published it yet. I hope to publish...

Are we obsessed with murder? Well this month’s Red Herrings, the bulletin of the Crime Writers’ Association seems to think so. In an article by Connie Berry she suggests that the British mystery is one in which a seemingly impossible crime, usually a murder, occurs in...

On the 27th of February, well, I fear I’m running out of history. King Henry IV of France was crowned, but I’ve covered him. Lord Byron gave his first address to the House of Lords, but I’ve covered him too. I could go on, but thankfully in 1900 the Labour Party was...

On the 26th of February, 1995, the UK’s oldest investment bank, Barings, collapsed after the rogue securities broker, Nick Leeson, lost $1.4 billion speculating on futures contracts using the Singapore International Monetary Exchange. The collapse of Barings Bank in...

On the 25th of February, 1939, the first Anderson Shelter was constructed in a garden in Islington. I remember when I was a child that one of my friends still had an Anderson Shelter in his back garden. The Anderson shelter was one of the most important civil-defence...

On the 24th of February, 1809, London’s Drury Lane Theatre burnt to the ground leaving its owner, Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute. Sheridan was an immensely talented man, and it’s him rather than the theatre that I want to write about. Sheridan was born in Dublin...

The Alamo is a film that I watched so many times as a child. My parents were both great fans of John Wayne. The Siege of the Alamo, fought from the 23rd of February to the 6th of March, 1836, is one of the most famous and symbolically powerful episodes in American and...

The Battle of Toulon began on the 22nd of February, 1744, as a result of which several Royal Navy captains were court-martialed, and the Articles of War were amended. It was a major naval engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession and one of the most...

On the 21st of February, 1808, Russian troops crossed the border at Abborfors in Eastern Finland into Swedish territory and starting the first Finnish War.  The First Finnish War, more commonly known in English as the Finnish War of 1808–1809, was a decisive conflict...

I thought it was time to provide an update on my progress with Cade’s Point, the sixth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. Don’t be concerned if you think you’ve missed book 5, Serpent’s Teeth. I’ve written it but haven’t published it yet. I hope to publish...