Interview, Coaching, and Marathon
Interview, Coaching, and Marathon In my last post I mentioned my interview on The Butterfly Princess Show, the CWA best practice coaching session on selling conversations, and the Milktown Writers circle meeting. Ruth Ware was the guest for the CWA interview. Ruth is...
Today’s News
I thought I’d go for news rather than history today. Literally new things rather than old things. I’m all ready for the writing circle this evening in Melksham, Milktown Writers. It’s a great group set up by Jeff Phelps and Grant White. The Corsham writing circle was...
Cars & Safety
Why am I writing about cars and safety? As an author of historical fiction, I tend to mainly post about history and writing. However, before I retired and began writing the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, I was a civil engineer, project manager, and risk manager. So I...
Cyrus the Great
No, I’m not talking about Miley Cyrus, great artist as she is. Cyrus II, or Cyrus the Great, ruled Persia from 600 to 530 B.C. On this day in 539 B.C. he marched into Babylon, freeing Jewish captives and allowing them to return home. Records of Babylon stretch back as...
Saint Edmund
I recently posted about Oxford’s oldest college, and my own college, Saint Edmund Hall was a contender. So who was Saint Edmund? The first thing is to note that there are two Saint Edmunds. There was Saint Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia in the 9th century A.D....
Longitude
The photograph was taken at latitude 51.39 degrees north and longitude 0.50 degrees east. It’s of the guildhall in Rochester, only twenty-four miles from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, which explains its low longitude. The prime meridian runs through Greenwich. The...
Pogroms, Jews, and Palestine
On the 24th October 1492, the authorities of Mecklenburg burnt twenty-four Jews at the stake. Their alleged crime was to desecrate the Host, that is the bread used in Holy Communion. The Jews were accused of having poured blood on the bread. It is now considered that...
El Alamein
The Second Battle of El Alamein was fought between 23rd October 23 and 4th November 1942. It marked the turning point in the Western Desert Campaign and showcased the strategic brilliance, courage, and resilience of the Allied forces. Winston Churchill said that...
Conflict, Rumours & Greatest Hits
How does conflict generate creativity? I was watching programmes about Fleetwood Mac on the BBC last night. Whilst making the album Rumours each member of the band was going through a break-up: John and Christine McVie; Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham; Mick...
Interview, Coaching, and Marathon
Interview, Coaching, and Marathon In my last post I mentioned my interview on The Butterfly Princess Show, the CWA best practice coaching session on selling conversations, and the Milktown Writers circle meeting. Ruth Ware was the guest for the CWA interview. Ruth is...
Today’s News
I thought I’d go for news rather than history today. Literally new things rather than old things. I’m all ready for the writing circle this evening in Melksham, Milktown Writers. It’s a great group set up by Jeff Phelps and Grant White. The Corsham writing circle was...
Cars & Safety
Why am I writing about cars and safety? As an author of historical fiction, I tend to mainly post about history and writing. However, before I retired and began writing the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, I was a civil engineer, project manager, and risk manager. So I...
Cyrus the Great
No, I’m not talking about Miley Cyrus, great artist as she is. Cyrus II, or Cyrus the Great, ruled Persia from 600 to 530 B.C. On this day in 539 B.C. he marched into Babylon, freeing Jewish captives and allowing them to return home. Records of Babylon stretch back as...
Saint Edmund
I recently posted about Oxford’s oldest college, and my own college, Saint Edmund Hall was a contender. So who was Saint Edmund? The first thing is to note that there are two Saint Edmunds. There was Saint Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia in the 9th century A.D....
Longitude
The photograph was taken at latitude 51.39 degrees north and longitude 0.50 degrees east. It’s of the guildhall in Rochester, only twenty-four miles from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, which explains its low longitude. The prime meridian runs through Greenwich. The...
Pogroms, Jews, and Palestine
On the 24th October 1492, the authorities of Mecklenburg burnt twenty-four Jews at the stake. Their alleged crime was to desecrate the Host, that is the bread used in Holy Communion. The Jews were accused of having poured blood on the bread. It is now considered that...
El Alamein
The Second Battle of El Alamein was fought between 23rd October 23 and 4th November 1942. It marked the turning point in the Western Desert Campaign and showcased the strategic brilliance, courage, and resilience of the Allied forces. Winston Churchill said that...
Conflict, Rumours & Greatest Hits
How does conflict generate creativity? I was watching programmes about Fleetwood Mac on the BBC last night. Whilst making the album Rumours each member of the band was going through a break-up: John and Christine McVie; Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham; Mick...