THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD – Review by Mark Barnes
This spectacular book is an absolute ‘must have’ for all fans of the SR-71 Blackbird or, indeed, the world of supersonic flight. A veteran pilot…
FACT FILE TRIO – Review by Mark Barnes
As we have been discussing Christmas in recent missives it seems sensible to highlight some neat little books from Pen & Sword by Alexander…
Images of War series – Review by Mark Barnes
Here are two very nice books in the Images of War range by Michael Green. I have been sitting on these two a bit too…
THE NAZI HUNTERS – Review by Mark Barnes
The myths and truths behind the Special Air Service Regiment have filled a forest’s worth of books down the years and there is no sign…
BATTLE OF BRITAIN – RAF Operations Manual – Review by Mark Barnes
Despite bouts of airport shutting fog and dollops of rain this is turning out to be something of an Indian summer here in sunny Essex.…
MEN OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – A Biographical Directory of The Few – Review by Mark Barnes
No complaints from me but the Battle of Britain commemoration seemed to be quite an extended affair with flypasts and all manner of stuff going…
YANKS AND LIMEYS – Review by Mark Barnes
However serious a student of World War II you are and whether you live in Boston, Massachusetts or Boston, Lincolnshire, the story of the Anglo-American…
TANKFEST 2015
Mark Barnes recalls a glorious weekend at the Tank Museum with Jack Beckett and a cast of several. Saturday was gloriously sunny while Sunday reverted…
TIGER, TIGER – BURNING BRIGHT – By Mark Barnes
The WHO team attended Tiger Day at the Tank Museum, Bovington, where the film stars of Fury! the unique running Tiger 131 and the classic…
ORDE WINGATE – Unconventional Warrior – Reviewed by Mark Barnes
Major-General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO, & Two Bars has been the subject of a lot of ink since his B-25 came down in an electrical…
War History Online, at the Houses of Parliament
Winston Churchill said “To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.” We wonder what the great man would make of War History Online showing up…
WORLD WAR I – The Definitive Visual Guide from Sarajevo to Versailles – Review by Mark Barnes
The Great War coffee table book contest takes another turn with this whopper from Dorling Kindersley. When my son was a youngster he had a huge…