Dawlish Chronicles

For this blog I’ve invited  Eva  A. Ulett, one of my fellow authors published by the Old Salt Press to tell us something about what’s a clo...

Admiral John Moresby I’m fascinated by the way that navies – and most especially the Royal Navy – adapted organisationally and professi...

One thinks today of the services of marine pilots being confined to bringing vessels in and out of specific ports. From the moment a pilot ...

WW1 Memorial on Left, WW2 is a sunken semi-circular garden on the right One of the most overlooked but worthwhile sights of London li...

I lived for several years in Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second city, which today was a population of 1.3 million. It lies at the western side o...

The Nordenvelt Gun plays a significant role in my novel Britannia’s Wolf and indeed the weapon was in general use on many warships in the ...

“ Globalisation ” is a term often applied to our own time but the process was in full swing a century and a half ago. The 19 th Century sa...