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  It is almost the end of August!  I am still living in May and this not helped by the weather still thinking it is March.  However, a mista...

Al jazeera   The blame game continues, accusations are thrown about, meanwhile on the ground thousands strive to escape the all conquering T...

  Duncan I, Donnchad mac Crinain to you, 1001 - 1040, was King of Alba, Scotland to you, from 1034 -1040.  He was given the nickname Ant-Il...

Trapped behind the open window I found this man, a brilliant red 'Peacock' butterfly, turned into a dowdy, dirty, black 'Peacock...

Aviationist It's over!  At long last the futile Afghanistan operation has ended and Camp Bastion, the British HQ in Helmand pro...

Not much else t say to that.  Clouds, rain, sunshine, warmth, cold, usual autumn weather. Dull mind also therefore I give you an old jo...

. Paschendaelle. Here we see members of the Canadian force the day before another stage of this battle began. The machine gun crew were a...

Cynic that I am I was sent pondering this afternoon about our 'Hero's,' or at least our use of the term, for our soldier boys. T...

3Para While flying home for my mothers funeral I got chatting to a man from 3 Para about Afghanistan. This was an interesting conversation w...

With the UK approaching two million unemployed and a worldwide recession hitting home so hard that even the Japanese are laying of their loy...

In an interview the commander of the 16th Air Assault Brigade has said the British public should not expect a “decisive military victory” i...

Well Tony Blair has gone, taking his red ties with him, and Gordon Brown has at last reached the top, wearing a blue tie! However, while al...

This book by Robert Fisk is well worth a read. It may have 1286 pages, not counting the addenda, and it may take a while to peruse, but I r...

God created women so they could know him and praise him. So that they could experience life in all its fullness. How easy it is for men to...

I am reading Robert Fisk's book, 'The Great War for Civilisation' at the moment. I am enjoying it, and learning a great deal f...

When the United Kingdom remember s the dead of previous wars and minor conflicts, we hear news of four more deaths in Iraq. A patrol boat a...

Why is it Muslims get so excited these days? The Pope makes a comment re a 14th century king and riots break out throughout the Muslim worl...

"41-year-old Abdul Rahman was arrested last month after his family accused him of becoming a Christian, Judge Ansarullah Mawlavezada to...