Book Reviews

Portrait of the Cotswolds by Edith Brill (1964) (Book Review 2nd Revision) ~ Gloucestershire 3

When I found Edith's book in the Red Cross, Bath Road, Leckhampton in the Spring I was principally attracted as much by the antique style cover as its subject …

Portrait of the Cotswolds by Edith Brill (1964) (Book Review 2nd Revision) ~ Gloucestershire 3

Don’t Do It!

EYES ONLY Eisenhower to Marshall 19 January 1945 As times goes on there is an accumulation of evidence that we should constantly seek younger men in relatively high positions…

Don’t Do It!

When the English Language is at its Most Eloquent

When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations…

When the English Language is at its Most Eloquent

The W R Chorley Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War (Revised Book Review)

The Chorley Volumes are crucial to serious study and research of the constant evolution of modern warfare, as too, those who will, one day, be the commanders of our Armed Forces

The W R Chorley Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War (Revised Book Review)

A Month in the Country by A L Carr (revised book review)

…where my folks had lived for generations and where, in the plough-horse and candle-to-bed age, I grew up …

A Month in the Country by A L Carr (revised book review)

'Michelangelo, God's Architect' (Revised Book Review)

THE LIFE AND WORK of Michelangelo is both extraordinary and breathtaking in the range of his work, and the author emphasises this afresh in this current work … …

'Michelangelo, God's Architect' (Revised Book Review)

Book Review | "A Shaky Do" ~ The Plzen Raid 16-17 April 1943 by Peter Wilson Cunliffe (Revised Edition)

I grew up knowing that the portrait of the man in flying kit in Grandma's front room was my namesake and the reason for my name. So too the photograph of a young 20 year old in Number 1 Dress uniform smoking a ciggie, sporting his RAF and USAAF wings …

Book Review | "A Shaky Do" ~ The Plzen Raid 16-17 April 1943 by Peter Wilson Cunliffe (Revised Edition)