Remembering Nan
Kate Carruthers Today is my grandmother’s birthday. She passed away many years ago, but in so many ways she is with me everyday. Until I was quite grown up she did not…
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Normandy and D Day
This month is the 65th anniversary of the D Day landings in France and on June 6th, as a kind of remembrance, I watched the film Overlord. The film brought…
D Day 6th June and Overlord
Got up early this 6th June and went off to the Sydney Film Festival showing of Overlord. This is a rarely seen film based on Operation Overlord, the code name…
Gilmore of the eponymous law
~ A few times now I’ve referred to Gilmore’s Law and wanted to share a bit more about its author. John Gilmore is one of the true mavericks of the…
Palestinian question – an interesting insight
Just recently came across an old transcript of an interview with Martin van Creveld (one of my favourite military writers – he wrote good books on command in war and…