Prometheus in Aspic

 I am sorry to note that Bill Oddie, entertainer and birdwatcher, has died. I confess I did not know a great deal about him, I found his TV ...

 I followed the calendar very carefully, and Thursday arrived right on schedule, as did Baron Stryker, having braved the perils of the high ...

 This is the battlefield which I showed in uninhabited form a few days ago. We have now decided: (1) The action is the little-known Battle o...

My mother died in November last year. I've had in my possession some boxes of her private papers for a few years; I've been looking ...

 I've started putting together a battle for next week. The following introduction is shamelessly cribbed from my email to Stryker today ...

It seems that the Almighty Festering Lard Barrel has decided to interfere in the World Cup. Well of course he has; what took him so long?  H...

 This is a first step at getting back to what passes for normal at Chateau Foy. Last game I played here was in January, when David Crenshaw ...