Bringing the Good News

Patrick O’Brian had a wealth of material to draw on for his naval novels but as far as I remember he did not use John Richards Lapenotiere.

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Maud’s War

Peter Fleming (journalist, soldier, travel writer and brother of Ian) commissioned Jan Struther to write a regular column for The Times about “an ordinary sort of woman who leads an ordinary sort of life”.

More than a Wet Bob

Here are ten things I didn’t know about Lord Desborough.

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Arma Pacis Fulcra

Was it really forty-five years ago; the Silver Jubilee?

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A Night at the Savile

Last week I was invited to the Savile to hear Simon Heffer talk about Chips Channon’s diaries, of which he has edited two volumes with one more due in September.