Following my recent review of Kajaki, I was hit by an unexpected frenzy of interest from those involved with the film participants in the war in Afghanistan in generally. One interesting email I received was from Derek Eland, himself a former Paratrooper who had this time visited Afghanistan in the role of an official war… Continue reading Diary Rooms – Being human on the front line in Afghanistan
Category: writing
Posts predominantly related to writing and specifically the books of author Stephen Liddell
Red Letter Day
Have you ever heard of the phrase that Today is a Red Letter Day? It used to be quite common but now is just one of those sayings we vaguely remember from school. It may well be for you and you’d don’t even know it. The origins of this saying go right back to the… Continue reading Red Letter Day
Doors open and opportunities knock thanks to blogging.
The more enthusiastic of my valuable readers may have noticed that I had one of those very rare occurrences this Saturday when I didn’t make a posting. It’s all been down to a very busy month or so which I thought might be of interest. I know there are lots of people who wonder about… Continue reading Doors open and opportunities knock thanks to blogging.
PS. Thanks for being my hero
As long-time and regular readers will be aware, I have been for some time been interested in a particular family relation of mine, Serjeant Reuel Dunn who served in the Royal Flying Corps, the precursor to the RAF. He was an experience flyer himself and had a number of kills to his name before bad… Continue reading PS. Thanks for being my hero
Sights of the WW1 battlefields
This my penultimate post for now on WW1 and my recent tour to the battlefields of France and Belgium. There are simply so many places to see and despite being out all day, every day for a week, we only scratched the surface. One of the first places that we visited was Vimy Ridge. This… Continue reading Sights of the WW1 battlefields
November is NaNoWriMo month
November is the month that can bring whoops of delight and shudders of fear amongst writers around the globe. It is of course NaNoWrimo or National Novel Writing Month for those not in the know. It is an event that brings hundreds of thousands of writers at all levels or experience and ability and leads… Continue reading November is NaNoWriMo month
The Lochnagar Crater and a relic of war
At the end of September I visited some of the WW1 battlefields in northern France and Belgium and thought in the lead up to Armistice Day on 11th November I would dedicate some of my posts to what I saw. One of the places that we visited was the Lochnagar Crater in The Somme. This… Continue reading The Lochnagar Crater and a relic of war
The Angel of Mons
Whilst writing and researching my WW1 history book, Lest We Forget, I came across a number of semi-mythical events and accounts that went from the completely unbelievable to those that actually occurred despite being hugely unlikely. There is the grim tale of the Crucified Soldier which went from being common knowledge in WW1 to increasingly… Continue reading The Angel of Mons
The mixed blessing of reviews
Are you the sort of person who likes to know the truth of what someone thinks of you? Most people do, some people don’t. I’m firmly in the latter and would entirely rather not know anyone, at any time, anywhere thinks of me unless it is 100% positive. I know it is said that it… Continue reading The mixed blessing of reviews
The Very Inspiring Blogger Award
Before I get started, I really must thank James for nominating my blog for the Inspiring Blogger Award. I’ve only just met James on-line recently and it is always a genuine pleasure when anyone likes, comments and follows my blog. Being nominated for an award is most appreciated. James works on the fabulous ‘Weave My… Continue reading The Very Inspiring Blogger Award
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