Balkan Wargamer

I am currently on a work trip to Ontario, Canada. So, an opportunity to see some of the military history sites. First stop is Fort York, som...

IA work trip to Leeds this weekend was an opportunity for a brief visit to the excellent Royal Armouries museum.  This photie probably doesn...

In 1814, the USA launched its last invasion of Canada. The main battleground is over the route many thousands of tourists trek over every ye...

I am a sucker for an obscure conflict, so the ' Siege of Tsingtau ' by Charles Stephenson, just screams at me from the bookshelves. ...

Limited time for painting at present, not helped by a bout of the flu. However, my Bolt Action early war French now have some armoured suppo...

In 1943, Churchill decided to switch British support from the Serbian based Chetniks, to the largely Communist Partisans - in leadership ter...

A spare hour when in London this week took me to the British Museum. I haven't been around the upstairs exhibition halls for many a year...

My latest reading is a bit esoteric. It is a reprint of an 1888 travelogue, written by Oliver Wardrop, covering his trip around the nation o...

My cheery New Year reading has been ' Vlad the Impaler: Son of the Devil, Hero of the People' by Gavin Baddeley and Paul Woods. I m...

My painting productivity has been very poor over the holidays. Too many great books and games as well as working on the web site. However, I...