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Back from the Front
I imagine that most people will have missed this short programme made my Jeremy Paxman for BBC News24. One World: Back from the Front is a short but very moving and enlightening piece, interviewing three […]
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Hear ye, hear ye!
And now for something completely different… No, it’s not Henry veering off on yet another tangential project, it’s an appearance on Neil Shuck’s Meeples and Miniatures podcast. I have been ‘sponsoring’ this podcast for a […]
American Civil War
I’m alive!
Okay, that’s probably a bit dramatic, but after more than five weeks of the gammy leg thing, compounded by tearing the calf muscle on the way to the bathroom a week ago (how unglamorous can […]
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Sell your what?
No, cellulitis. That’s what I’ve got, with a touch of thrombosis thrown in for free. And no, that’s not cellulite, either, the spongy, pitted skin that larger ladies of a certain age often suffer from. […]
Combat Stress Appeal
The Battlegames Combat Stress Appeal
You will see this appeal explained in full in the forthcoming issue 14 of Battlegames which goes to press on Friday, but since the mechanism used for raising funds is already in place, the Battlegames […]
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Citadel washes
You may have heard a lot about the new Citadel washes, and indeed I’m using them on the Newline Zulu Wars figures I’m working on. One of the most common uses of a wash is […]
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Just a quickie
Occasionally, one gets inspired to just throw something together, and today was just such a day. My godson Edward is six years old, son to a father who has been a medieval re-enactor for many […]
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A Whiff of Grapeshot
Held at the Royal Artillery Museum, branded these days as ‘Firepower!’, this show takes place in premises within spitting distance of the River Thames in Woolwich, London. The venue itself is tremendous, rather like the […]
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No rest for the wicked
It’s always a temptation, whenever another issue comes back from the printers, to think “Aah, I can put my feet up for a week or two now and take a well-deserved break.” Well, issue 8 […]
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The passing of Angus McBride
We’ll be carrying a full obituary in issue 8 of the magazine, written by Angus Konstam, who collaborated with veteran brushman Angus McBride on a number of projects. I’m also grateful to the staff at […]