
Perthshire in the snow
Dear Reader, AT THE BEGINNING of our New Year, I have enclosed for you a photo of a finished painting entitled, Glen of Ice and

Dear Reader, AT THE BEGINNING of our New Year, I have enclosed for you a photo of a finished painting entitled, Glen of Ice and

ANOTHER Groundhog week! I’m not sure if it’s because it’s January, or maybe the weather, or maybe it’s because it’s not new anymore. Is it

DID somebody say there’s a war on? Back at the Permanent Joint HQ in the UK (our superior HQ), they were beginning to get a bit

HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all! And just like that it’s 2021. We couldn’t wait to see the back of 2020 and what’s changed exactly?

FOR MY REVIEW of 2020 I thought I should provide you with excerpts of letters and art that help capture my experiences… Letter to a

WHEN AN E-MAIL from the editor landed in my inbox asking for an opinion on a book I’d read in this dreadful year, three thoughts

IN THE AFTERMATH of Labour’s crushing electoral defeat minds quickly turned to speculating how such a thing could have happened. Was it Brexit? Or perhaps

WOO HOO – It’s Christmas week, peeps, and I have to say that I’m super excited this year. This has been the most organised I

FOR THOSE who don’t read German the last few years have seen the publication of at least three real page-turners on the history of Central Europe.

‘Twas the night before Lockdown, when all through the house Not a citizen stirred, not even a spouse. The facemasks were hung by the front

THE AIR WAR had started. We rapidly became swamped with information and statistics – so many radars destroyed there, so many aircraft hit by small

SO I WON THE BATTLE of getting the decorations up early! After seeing all the beautiful lights and trees up in the town, our house