As I usual I like to take an opportunity to look back at my year as it disappears in the 'rear view mirror'. The post is publis...

On Friday there was a substantial event in my home city of Sheffield. If you've following it on the news (particularly BBC Breakfast)...

I like to take this opportunity to look back on my year at this time. As usual I'm publishing this post at the same time the Queen ...

Sunday 11th November 2018 marked 100 years since the armistice that signaled the end to the Great War, World War I. 

At the time I publish this (and if you're in the UK) you're probably sat down to your Christmas Dinner (I'm northern, dinner ...

If you were reading this time last year you may have read my post for Remembrance Sunday and my daughter who is an Army Cadet.

Well that's another year almost over, another year closer to the grave. So Christmas comes around once again and as always I find my...

6 years ago I had cause to speak to an elderly chap in his nineties who told me about his experiences during WWII. He lost his entire f...