Mud Blood And Steel

What goes around comes around, a phrase never more true than when it refers to my life it seems. I’m safely back in France again, less than ...

They say moving house is one of the most stressful things you can do - and that’s amusing when you consider that I’m both singularly Ill equ...

Further research into 16th century combat formations (via a whole slew of new books) has forced me to reconsider the size and layout of the ...

Do you remember those bri-nylon trousers you could buy from catalogues back in the sixties and seventies. Drip dry, stay pressed, always cam...

Yes it’s a “LOOK IT - I PAINTED SOMETHING POST”…(as per Stew over at at the terrible loss of lead and wealth blog).* I’ve already started pa...

Sometimes the best laid plans of mice and men go awry. Sometimes the cyclical currents of the cosmos carry you back to a place or a position...

This post was originally going to be called «The Day Of The Rat» a humorous tale of thwarted ambition and animal cruelty - but events have s...