Prometheus in Aspic

Following my reference to The Forbidden Planet in a recent post, I had an interesting exchange of emails with Prof De Vries, who reminded m...

The Battle of Almeida, 28 th May 1812 Part of the fortress of Almeida - stocked for a siege? The Earl of Wellington, with the T...

It is easy to use a blog as a dumping ground to share visions of gloom, or to have a sad little go at someone or something one has a persona...

If You Can't Fight, Wear a Big Hat Well, much to my surprise, the poll returned General Banastre Tarleton as the replacement for th...

Congratulations to Ray at one of my favourite blogs, Don't Throw a 1 , where he has reached 250,000 hits. To celebrate this, he is of...

Just a quickie (matron). This may all be well-known, but it is new to me. I came across a hex-&-command-card game for the 30 Years Wa...

I’ve finished the Magnetic Sabots project, and hope to write up the Solo Campaign notes for Wellington ’s last two weeks in charge in a da...