Musings of a Real Tank Commander – Part 33 on the US, U2 and eggs-over-easy
AWAY FROM the course at Fort Leavenworth there was an awful lot of extra-curricular activity going on, much of it thanks to our civilian sponsors
AWAY FROM the course at Fort Leavenworth there was an awful lot of extra-curricular activity going on, much of it thanks to our civilian sponsors
WHATEVER way you look at it, the Easter holidays haven’t really been Easter holidays. I mean it’s like we’ve just been flung back into a
FORT LEAVENWORTH, was founded in 1827 and is situated on a strategic bend in the Missouri River – on whose banks you can still discern
I LOVE being a comedian. I travel the world, drinking free beer and sleeping as long as I want. But I’m throwing my endless adolescence
AH, WE ALL REMEMBER those newborn baby days don’t we? The cuddles, the newborn baby smell, the emotions, the puke, the lack of sleep. It’s
THERE I WAS, sitting at my desk in RHQ 4RTR in Imphal Barracks, Osnabruck, Germany, doing some bit of administration or other, when my phone

JUST WHEN you think you’ve got this parenting thing in the bag and you start to feel smug you’ve nailed the morning routine – your

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THE SLEW OF ALLEGATIONS affecting Scottish public life is disturbing, to put it mildly. But what is more alarming has been the lowering of the

THE SCOTTISH MEDIA has struggled to give due weight to the unfolding scandals of the Scottish government’s role in harassment investigations and proceedings against Alex Salmond.

AM I THE ONLY ONE on tender hooks, clawing our way to Easter? I keep thinking if we can just get to the Easter holidays

ONCE BACK ‘HOME’ in Germany I went on leave almost immediately, as we had all been promised whilst out in the Gulf. Just before departing