World War Two and Afghanistan: a mighty conflict and a military flop
It's been a bittersweet summer for those of us in our ninth decades. We've been bombarded with memories of war in Europe, and daily reminders of historic Afghan conflicts that we didn't experience but...
View ArticleThe Ministry of Defence needs to shout more loudly about British Forces...
"… and the weather forecast. Isolated showers over the Hindu Kush tonight, with a warning of snowstorms in the mountains towards the Pakistan border". I’ve just heard these faintly exotic...
View ArticleWhy Miss World's 'Combat Barbie' makes me uncomfortable
I have some seriously mixed feelings about Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge's participation in Miss World. On the one hand, she is demolishing many standard stereotypes about women in the Armed Forces. On...
View ArticlePhotographer Joao Silva injured in Afghanistan
Very sad news over the weekend that Joao Silva, one of the world's most celebrated war photographers, had been seriously injured after stepping on an Afghan mine. He has been transferred to Germany...
View ArticleJoao Silva: support fund launched
A few of weeks ago I blogged about Joao Silva, who was gravely injured after stepping on a mine in Afghanistan. He has now spent three weeks in intensive care and is slowly starting to recover but has...
View ArticleBarack Obama should learn from Britain's 1842 experience in Afghanistan
In bed last night I was dipping into the Greville Memoirs (which are really diaries or a journal). Greville, a scion of the Whig aristocracy and Clerk to the Privy Council, was an acute observer of...
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