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Episode 192

AoH Book Club: Gavin Mortimer on The Phoney Major

We spoke to Gavin Mortimer about the creation, and reception, of our Book Club pick The Phoney Major.

  AoH Book Club: Gavin Mortimer on The Phoney Major   Gavin, The Phoney Major changed the conversation when it comes to the founding of the SAS in 1941. How was the book received? I believe it wasn’t very well received in some quarters; not because what I...

Roy Farran: Rogue Hero

Roy Farran: Rogue Hero

Bill and David Stirling, Jock Lewes and Paddy Mayne were all remarkable SAS officers, but there was one more, Roy Farran who had an extraordinary career.

Roy Farran: Rogue Hero Roy Farran was one of the outstanding British soldiers of the Second World War. He was awarded a Distinguished Service Order and three Military Crosses while serving with the Royal Armoured Corps and the Special Air Service but he never rose...

Episode 122

Episode 122

SAS Debate: David Stirling - Founder or Phoney? With Gavin Mortimer & Tom Petch | RSS.com

Episode 192

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SAS Rogue Heroes with Gavin Mortimer | RSS.com

Episode 192

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Gavin Mortimer on David Stirling - The Phoney Major of the SAS in WW2 | RSS.com

Do the Greatest Deserve Their Sobriquet?

Do the Greatest Deserve Their Sobriquet?

Dismissal of the younger generation, recently labelled avocado munching ‘snowflakes’, is not a new phenomenon.

‘The average young man of today aged something under thirty, whether he be a social butterfly or a junior clerk, is a stupid, conceited creature,’ thundered the Daily Mirror in its editorial. ‘Few men are much good until they are thirty.’ Guidance from the Greatest...

The Poppy Industry Blooms

The Poppy Industry Blooms

Whilst we all buy poppies, how much do we know about the two world wars?

When England played Germany on 10th November, 2017 at Wembley, it seemed as though the football was incidental to the virtue signalling. Not only were the two teams  sporting poppy armbands but there were poppies on sale, poppy T-shirts given away, poppy wreaths laid,...