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A trip to Hull to visit my partner's mum over Easter didn't hold out much in the way of historical interest. However, I did manage a...

I have just finished reading 'Tiger Command' by Bob Carruthers and Sinclair Mclay based on an original manuscript by Ritter von Krau...

I had a very pleasant short break in Amsterdam before Easter. Not a lot of military interest and describing what there was not helped by my ...

Just finished 'War in the West' by Brian Clarke. The basic premise of this alternative history is that Hitler falls ill and dies at ...

Flames of War army lists mean a requirement for more Italian mortars in particular. Quite enjoyed painting 15mm figures again. Forgotten how...

First Scottish wargames show of the year today in Dumfries - Albanich. Small show but well supported by some good traders and some very good...

Just finished my latest Simon Scarrow novel 'The Legion'. This is in his Roman Empire series following the adventures of Macro and C...

I know books are not good for me. Good historical fiction is really bad for me. I enjoyed Andy Johnson's book Seelowe Nord so much th...

  The Italian Army of WW2 gets a generally bad press. This is largely based on the early war performance in the Western Desert. After that,...

Just finished my latest Ben Kane book, Hannibal - Enemy of Rome. I am always going to be sucked into a book about the Punic Wars and need...

My latest read has been Giles Christian's Sons of Thunder. This is the second of his Raven series covering the adventures of a shipload ...

Just finished the second of Andy Johnson's World War 2 series 'Thunder in May'. I raved about his first book 'Seelowe Nord...

Reinforcements for the 1877 project. More Outpost Miniatures from their superb range. First we have Russian Cossack cavalry and artillery....

New addition to the Italian forces for the Mediterranean campaigns is a flight of Fiat CR.42 aircraft. Also useful for the Spanish Civil War...

The Clydeside Brigade is looking good with the latest arrivals adding to their strength. Fascists beware! However, something was missing - ...

Just finished my first Kindle book, Afrika Reich by Guy Saville. I didn't think I would like an electronic book reader, but I was wrong...

This weekend was was our annual Double Header at GDWS. An opportunity to play big games that take too long to fit into the normal Sunday aft...

This is a new booklet from Partizan Press on the Hungarian Army during the year of revolutions as it sought to break away from the Hapsburg...

The New Year brings some new recruits to the Clydeside Brigade. First we have a shipyard rifle platoon. They have taken the Covenanters as...

A bit of an indulgence this but I couldn't resist these figures and A Very British Civil War was just the excuse. May I present the Du...