In my latest novel They Have No Graves as Yet I honour the men of the #royalnavy mine disposal units during WW2. As such, I was very...

Today is Lancashire Day when the people of Lancashire celebrate the anniversary of sending its first members to the Model Parliament of...

A continuing theme of my novels is the often unsung heroes and largely unknown activities of the Royal Navy in WW1. My aim is to bring...

I am now about two thirds of the way through the first draft of my latest and fourth WW1 naval thriller, Where the Baltic Ice is Thin. I...

In June 1913, Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty, persuaded the House of Commons that the Treasury should spend £2.2...

Today, on 31st May in 1916, 250 British and German ships met in what became known in the Battle of Jutland. The battle was to last until...

I open my first novel, The Custom of the Trade, with a tragic submarine accident, in September 1911. The inspiration for my story came...

I am delighted to announce that I have just submitted my third novel to my publisher. Part of my For Those in Peril series, this story...

Yesterday, HM the Queen marked the start of GCHQ's centenary celebrations. In 1919, the Royal Navy's Room 40, of which I write in my...

The current and all past heads of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) are and have been known as 'C', for "Chief", but the first...

Today (4th February) in 1915, the German government announced that it would impose a submarine blockade of Great Britain with effect 18th...

My new book will be launched in just under two weeks' time. It tells the tale of a young man's reluctant entry into Britain's embryonic...

With just five weeks to go before the publication of my pre-WW1 espionage thriller, Now the Darkness Gathers, here is a taster of what...

In all my writing, I have three aims; to entertain, to inform and to inspire. To achieve the latter two objectives, I carry out...

I have just sent the final proofs back to my publisher for the next novel in my series about the Miller family in WW1. It was odd to read...

It is being reported by the Media that the Russians have a ship, the Yantar, capable of severing Britain’s underwater communications...

Today, in 1916, Admiral Jellicoe was appointed First Sea Lord. It was not to be a successful office for him. Jellicoe is best known for...

Eight years ago today, Able Seaman Kate Nesbitt was awarded the Military Cross by HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. She became...