Balkan Wargamer

 This is Colin Turbett's new book on Arran and the Firth of Clyde in the Second World War. A local history of the coast I live on.  For ...

 After a year long hype and countless analysis of trailers, I have now seen the film at the first showing at my local cinema. I expected to ...

 This is the second in the Stewart trilogy of novels by Nigel Tranter. Part of my chronological re-read of his historical fiction books. Thi...

 My library pick this month was Alastair Mann's study of James VII (James II of England). A King who generally gets almost as bad a pres...

 This is the latest in my Nigel Tranter re-reading project. Lords of Misrule is the aptly named first book in a trilogy about the early Ste...

As part of my research for the book I am writing about HMS Ambuscade , I came across this small action with much more significant consequenc...

 For many years, the Kirriemuir Wargames Club ran the Targe show in a school venue. It's no mean feat for a club based in a small town j...

 I picked up this 1994 Osprey 'Aircraft of the Aces' book at the IPMS show in Glasgow last Saturday. It is very timely for my Korean...

 My latest book will be no surprise to anyone following my wargaming over the past year. Ripped Apart  provides a richly illustrated account...

This is Simon Elliot's book on the two campaigns Emperor Severus made in Scotland. His swansong before dying at York after the second ca...

 This is Mark Galeotti's take on Putin's Crimea grab for Osprey , which almost certainly emboldened him for the later full-scale of ...

I have completed my Austrian Napoleonic project in 28mm, the final piece in the jigsaw of units to refight the battles I describe in my book...

 A new Sharpe novel is rare and a sign that my productivity this week would take a hit! This novel is based on the less well-known Almaraz a...