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UNGA First Committee Side Event: The Challenge of IEDS in Humanitarian Mine Action
I'm delighted to be speaking at the above side event on Tuesday 19 October. Please see the link below for details:...
Oct 13, 20211 min read


A 'Dirty History' of Wheelbarrow?
I’ve just read a real humdinger (and not in a good way). It’s an academic paper called, ‘Making Safe: the dirty history of a bomb...
Jun 1, 20216 min read


Better to Die – ‘The characters were fully developed and the writing was superb’
So, my first novel, Better to Die, has hit the bookshelves. To date, it’s had some amazing reviews, but I thought I should put it to the...
May 3, 20212 min read


The IED Challenge
Although I love writing action/adventure fiction, my day job often sees me engaged in rather less racy stuff. Over the last few weeks,...
May 3, 20214 min read
New Ranger Regiment for British Army
No sooner had my first novel, Better to Die, hit the streets than the UK Ministry of Defence announced that it was creating a new ‘Ranger...
Apr 12, 20212 min read


The King's Royal Rangers - A real regiment?
Several readers of Better to Die have asked me if the King’s Royal Rangers – the regiment that forms the main backdrop to the novel – is...
Mar 29, 20212 min read


'Better to Die' - some of the influences
So, now the novel, Better to Die, is finally out there, quite a few readers have been asking me what my influences have been. I must say,...
Mar 22, 20213 min read
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