The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Strictly Murder - Review Should you be in the mood for a taut, theatrical thriller then Strictly Murder at The Questors Theatre in Ealing should satisfy your appetite. Set on the cusp of the Second World War, the two-act play, located in a cottage in Provence, is...
Alex, this is the second novel in the series. What has happened since the end of Every Spy a Traitor and the beginning of The Second Traitor? The most important thing which has happened is that the Second World War is now underway – the first book ends on the day...
The Judgment of Stars, by Jane Thynne The Judgement of Stars is the sixth book in Jane Thynne’s Clara Vine noir thriller series, set in Germany and following a chronology from Black Roses, set in the early 1930s, to The Judgement of Stars in 1942. Clearly, there is...
To the uninitiated, the name Reginald Mitchell might well sound like a retired accountant from Surbiton. To aviation enthusiasts, however, his name is synonymous with the Spitfire. Yet, while the great “R. J. Mitchell” garnered worldwide attention with the 1942...
Gautam Hazarika, what first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? I had always been interested in WW2, primarily Britain’s war against Nazi Germany, but not in the Far East, even after living 20 years in Singapore where so much of it happened at my...
Questions India myths about Subhas Chandra Bose, INA, are of great interest in India today India’s INA history is largely focused on Netaji. Indeed he did a lot, but he had a lot of help. The book shows that the INA was not started by him, but 18 months earlier by the...
Family Stories of The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II Captain Mohan Singh – history hero of the book – his son, daughter, niece and grandchildren Centurion and only survivor of Singapore I’ve found so far, Lance-Naik Charan Singh (Punjabi). Lucid and in...
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Paul Beaver, your new book is on Reginald Mitchell, the aviation engineer who designed the Spitfire. What was special about Mitchell? Mitchell was a very special engineer. At Supermarine, he fostered the right balance of experience and innovation, which for a small...
Let’s Get Those Jerries!’: Luftwaffe Airmen and British Captors On a hazy summer’s day in August 1940, a lone German bomber is hurtling uncontrollably towards the ground in the north-east of England; the aircraft whines in protest at the sharp hiding it has just taken...
