The War and Peace show held at the Hop farm in Kent is the worlds largest military vehicle ‘festival’ and it doesn’t disappoint. I was five minutes early of my alarm this morning, an unusual scenario but one that was met by a fair amount of pride in the fact [...]

“A life for a life”, an eye for an eye, everything is so black and white in Prince Harry’s world, well in his military world. The good guys kill the bad guys, just like in the movies, or in the video games. I’m sure his military leaders would be proud; [...]

It is the early hours on the morning of Thursday, December 7th 1972. A human being  has just snapped a photograph that will change the world. The man in question is not even a trained photographer; doesn’t answer to any editorial team. He’s a geologist by trade, but couldn’t be [...]

Dan Abnett is one prolific author. He’s worked for the world’s leading comic book publishers, Marvel and DC, and published dozens of books within the Warhammer and Doctor Who franchises, amongst others. What is rare is an original novel, a work of fiction that is pure Abnett. Embedded, published by [...]

“Personal example carries more weight than preaching”, says a Chinese proverb. This sentence best summarizes the aim of David Randall’s The Great Reporters. The book is suitable not only for people interested in journalism. The style is easy to follow even if you don’t have background knowledge. The introductions are [...]

Steven Spielberg, director/producer of many classics including four of five Indiana Jones movies, Saving Private Ryan, and Schindler’s List, creates another withWar Horse. The story of Joey, a one of a kind horse that starts life separated from his mother, begins as he is noticed by young Albert Narracott, mesmerised by Joey’s beauty and innocence. Owners are soon [...]

When we talk about the Second World War and the Holocaust, we sometimes go into hypothesis. What if the Allies and the rest of the world were aware of the scale of the atrocities carried out by the Nazi regime? Would they have invaded sooner? Would they have been able [...]

Game of Thrones, the medieval fantasy television series adapted from the works of George R.R. Martin and produced by HBO in America, has been growing in popularity since its first air date in April 2011. The programme, which has the feel more of a film that has been split into [...]