Update: first readers’ draft (manuscript 4.3) completed April 24, 2021 At 2.15 pm. on Saturday April 24, 2021, the book was completed. Just over a…
An outline of George’s life story Many of the stranger features of George’s life (seen here sitting at his mother’s feet, front left) can be…
On Monday 1 April I had the interesting and enjoyable experience of being interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 Film Programme (to be broadcast on…
A nice mini-documentary put together by Warner Bros to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of Kubrick’s The Shining. It’s slightly odd that none…
The latest graph, showing the number of deaths relating to coronavirus in different countries in Europe, depicts in an even more chilling way the level…
A similar madness to that which swept America and enabled Trump to get into power swept the UK when we voted first for the far-right…
The annual remembrance service for the 1st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers was held at Donington, Lincs, on Sunday 23 September. The service was well attended…
The following is written as a counter-argument to ideas expressed in a video about a life that’s committed to climbing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KT8VgfApLE I present it simply…
In the course of researching the biography I’m writing about air ace George Stainforth, I’ve unearthed a recording of my father, Peter Stainforth, talking about…
I recently came across a spectacular aerial picture (taken by Fi Bunn of FiPhotos) of the final 700 feet of the Matterhorn taken from an…
I’ve just returned from revisiting the island of Skye after an absence of over a quarter of a century (last visit, June 1994). I’d had…
Picture: Wikimedia Commons Some thoughts on returning from an idyllic week-long holiday in Cyprus (… well, attending a friend’s wedding). The weather was perfect Mediterranean…