VE DayToday, we celebrate VE Day. It’s 75 years ago to the day that hostilities in Europe came to an end and the streets of London and elsewhere around the world filled with happy people, rejoicing that six years of war had come to an end. Well, six years of war in Europe. There was … Continue reading →

All Quiet On The Western FrontWe are war with a virus. It all seems awfully quiet for a war. I turned up to work for my one and only shift of the week. And afternoon turn. Just one person approached my window in the seven hours I was open. A local day return ticket was … Continue reading →

Dunkirk

I grew up in the 70s and early 80s on a healthy diet of fish fingers, baked beans, grazed knees, The Big Match on a Sunday afternoon, brightly coloured clothes and flared trousers, bowl style haircuts, BMXing, running everywhere and war. Especially war. There were still a ton of people around, not much older than … Continue reading Dunkirk →

The Royal Navy Submarine Museum

Once upon a time I wanted to be a palaeontologist. I must have been 11 or 12. I liked dinosaurs, I liked digging holes in the ground and I liked puzzles. I also felt that having any sort of career with 'ologist' at the end could only be a good thing. There was also the … Continue reading The Royal Navy Submarine Museum →