Book Review: Tidelands by Philippa GregoryPublished, in UK, by Simon and Shuster in 2019.Dec 30, 2020Dec 30, 2020
Books and My Life: Part 6After nine months as a clerk, I had to get out of the office! I remember setting up an interview with a holiday camp near Portsmouth where…Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020
Books and My Life: Part 5When I left school in the autumn of 1977 I worked for three months as a packer in a perfume factory. I applied for a pre-Sandhurst course…Nov 30, 2020Nov 30, 2020
Book Review: White King by Leanda De LisleThe book is a biography of Charles I written in a lively style and presenting some new evidence from the Duke of Rutland’s archives about…Nov 23, 2020Nov 23, 2020
Books and My Life: Part 3This blog series outlines my life, seen through the lens of the books I have read.Nov 20, 2020Nov 20, 2020
Books and My Life: Part 2This blog series outlines my life, seen through the lens of the books I have read.Nov 17, 2020Nov 17, 2020
My Journey into Stories (so far)I have always loved the outdoors, and books. Yet I am surprised at the apparent randomness that led me to a career working with trees. A…Nov 11, 2020Nov 11, 2020
‘P’ Course Easter 1977As the bus pulled into RAF Brize Norton I gazed out of the window and focussed my will by repeating over and over the phrase “I’m gonna get…Nov 11, 2020Nov 11, 2020
