LUFTWAFFE BOMBERS B of B – Review by Mark Barnes
Here we are again for the first time in a while with one of the Images of War series I have a lot of time…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 6 – By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes relives his climb from Anzac to Lone Pine via Plugge’s Plateau Within two hours of getting ashore on the 25th of April the…
POINTBLANK DIRECTIVE – Review by Mark Barnes
We’ve been plugging away at this books lark for a while now and I hope you’ll stick with us. You will note the team has…
BILLY BISHOP – Review by Mark Barnes
In the annals of the Great War aces Billy Bishop is up there as number two after the Red Baron with seventy-two victories. But almost…
AMX-30 – Review by Mark Barnes
Produced in Poland and aimed at the modeller this book comes from an extensive series of soft-backed A4 format bargains offering a good selection of…
REPORTING THE GREAT WAR – Review by Jim Grundy
A Missed Opportunity A book telling how the Great War was reported and how life changed for everyone, at home and in khaki, would be…
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WW2 WEAPONS – Review by Mark Barnes
I don’t watch TV much beyond the evening news bulletin and a bit of soccer. My response to the deprivations of the small screen is…
ABOVE AND BEYOND – Review by Mark Barnes
How many times have you heard the old saying the Lord moves in mysterious ways? It has been used to explain all manner of situations…
FURY – Reviewed by Mark Barnes
Cast your weary minds back to the summer of 2013. I was sitting with a colleague in the press office at the War & Peace…
Snow and Steel – Review by Mark Barnes
There is a long running radio show on the BBC called Desert Island Discs, the premise being that the invited celebrity will pick a number…
FOR THE FALLEN – Review by Mark Barnes
We are inching close to Armistice Day and the poppies will soon be on sale again. Like tens of thousands of others I wear mine…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 5 By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes arrives at Anzac Cove. There is little doubt that Anzac is the place most people identify with the Gallipoli campaign. Many accounts suggest…