Balkan Wargamer

In one of my frequent trawls through a second hand bookshop, I came across ' Back to Bokhara ' by Fitzroy Maclean. I have of course ...

I suspect this book hasn't exactly flown off the Helion bookshelves, although at 1.6kg, it's unlikely to take off fast! However, i...

I have been in my home city of Liverpool this week at a conference. I took the opportunity to visit the Liverpool War Museum for the first t...

I have recently been dragged back into the murky history of King Arthur. Some years ago at GDWS we ran a WAB campaign based on Steve Jones a...

In my latest feature article in Balkan Military History, I look at the often forgotten Macedonian campaign of 1918, which made an important ...

Ali Pasha was a interesting character - so fascinating that I have a print of him on my study wall. Yes, I know, very sad. So a newish biogr...

Today is the 471st anniversary of the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh. It was fought on 10 September 1547 between the Scots and the English, as part...

I am enjoying Helion's 'Century of the Soldier' series, with my latest read being ' Muscovy's Soldiers: The Emergence of...

This weekend was the Scottish International Air Show, held in the skies above Ayr, with most aircraft based at nearby Prestwick Airport. The...