Balkan Wargamer

 I have reached the last stage of my research into HMS Ambuscade for the book that should be out this summer. My summary of the ships is on...

 My library pick this month was Alistair Moffat's look at the lost kingdoms of Scotland during the late Roman, Dark Ages, and early medi...

 On my way to the football yesterday, I visited Lord Byron's home at Newstead Abbey, just north of the city. It is a fine site with exte...

Today's visits included another of those wonderful small regimental museums that we should nurture—along with the volunteers who keep th...

With a couple of days to spare between football matches, I have been visiting some museums. I have been to the Yorkshire Air Museum before, ...

My current research focus is on naval matters, so Alexander Hill's new Osprey , Soviet Cruisers 1917-45 , was an easy choice from this m...

 I have jumped ahead a few volumes in my chronological re-read of Nigel Tranter's novels to get to the two Montrose books as they fit my...

 This week's gaming has involved a two-day multiplayer game using the Blucher rules in 15mm. Eight of us came together in Glasgow to pla...

 My library pick this month was David Stevenson's book   Scottish Covenanters and Irish Confederates , first published in 1981 (still in...

 My current (well, one of many!) project is to expand my 15mm English Civil War, or more accurately, the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, armies ...