Soldier's Life

Nov 7, 20193 min

They also served…

I’m holding a letter, dated August 26th1918. It is dashed off at haste, probably late at night, and would have been delivered to an...

Apr 9, 20193 min

One bullet. Fifty long years.

I hadn’t been in Three Bridges for 51 years before yesterday. But as soon as the train stopped, I remembered the last time as if it was...

Mar 20, 20193 min

My fling in the Guinness Book of World Records

34 years ago today, or thereabouts, I just about made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. Thank you. It was nothing. Actually, it...

Dec 1, 20184 min

Joe Hill

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night. I didn’t really. What I actually dreamed was that I had been selected to bat for England, but that...

Nov 9, 20182 min

Mud and Angels

Words from a final night in hell A curious cradling this, where soldiers get Cold fitful sleep beneath our parapet This lifeless August...

Nov 8, 20184 min

On behalf of Dick and Frank

In my new life, I have time. Having never really had time before, it’s a strange commodity, and I today chose to spend a bit of it among...