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Ken Wharton, Northern Ireland historian, ‘Troubles’ veteran and scribe extraordinaire, and my fellow Royal Green Jacket, has once again granted me the honour of reviewing his latest offering in raw...

It would seem that way Auld-Yin. Honestly I couldn’t quite believe it because these badges were literally everywhere. There were a few nice-looking mint silver ones outside some luxurious new pads,...

Bit of a random and off-the-wall post this and I’m not sure which forum I should place it in, but as it might amuse a few of you I thought what the hell I’ll put it here. I’ve just returned from a...

Just a quick heads up to say that Alexander Khan’s new book, Orphan of Islam, as reviewed earlier this year, is now out and available from Amazon and all major book stores. Alex has also created...

Ken’s long-awaited fifth book ‘Sir, They’re Taking the Kids Indoors’ has now been published and is available from both Amazon and bookstores. As ever with Ken, it’s a bloody great read and you won’t...

Just a quick heads-up that Tony has finally gotten round to fully updating his classic NI memoir Contact and has released it as an E-book. He’s added new material dealing with the traumatic aftermath...

To some of you he will be known as the ‘AirbornePashtun’; to the great masses that read his book it will be as Alexander Khan; and to those who are privileged to know his real name and the man behind...

DYNAMO: A MAN WITHOUT LIMITS

‘Dynamo’, whose real name is Steven Frayne, has trained his mind and body to do things that scarcely seem real. I’m sure many of you have heard of him, but for those...

Manuscript review of Ken Wharton’s latest Northern Ireland book, to be published in April 2012 by Helion & Company:



‘Sir, they’re taking the kids indoors’ were words that chilled the blood of...

Britain in 2042 is a far different place to the green & pleasant land that we once called home. Now part of an ever-expanding EU ‘superstate’ its treasured island status has long since slipped away,...

Thanks for this brilliant review Udiper, of what is a quite superb and incredibly timely book, given the times we're living in. I'm over the moon that a bigger publisher has finally woken up, smelt...

Thanks for that positive response ‘No Duff’. Ken visits ARRSE from time-to-time and likes to keep tabs on how his books are being received by ‘the bods’. Believe me, your words will mean a lot to him...

Ken Wharton’s long-awaited fourth book, The Bloodiest Year 1972, has just been released and is now officially ‘out there’. I wrote this review last year and posted it up on the book forum, so I hope...

Britain has just lost one of its most unique and irreplaceable men; the army has just lost one of its greatest champions and defenders. Professor Richard Holmes was the embodiment of everything that...

RIP to that brave man and his dog; I can't imagine the pride and pain that his family must feel when they see these incredibly moving, powerful images. The bond between these two is clear - if there...

Let me tell you how I came to be known to Jimmy McGovern and credited on ‘Accused’. Two years ago both Jimmy and I were teaching separate ‘writers workshops’ at a Northern Literature Festival in...

I hope that this message won’t be deleted by the moderator as I realise that it might be somewhat controversial – but nonetheless I do believe that it contains an essential and unavoidable truth: A...

I first met Darren in 2006 when I was doing a book signing session in Preston; I was sat in the doorway of an extremely busy shop feeling intensely embarrassed as all eyes were on me and longing to...

Does anybody remember this guy?

Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, aka ‘The Wolf’ was a legendary Sumo Grand champion from back in the 1980s. And for anybody expecting a morbidly obese lump of jelly then don’t...

StrainOfCommand, going slightly off topic is that an avatar of the great sumo wrestler, ‘The Wolf’, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, that you’ve got on your profile? If so, it’s good to know that Arrse has got...

I recently had the privilege of reading and reviewing the entire raw manuscript of Ken Wharton’s upcoming Northern Ireland book, 1972: Ulster’s Bloodiest Year. The book will not be released until May...

What an incredible example to us all this old Major is; there’d be a lot less Al Qaeda around if we had more blokes like him roaming the world and building bridges with ‘the locals’, wherever they...

Hi Para-Dox,

Mate I wish you’d have asked me that question a few hours ago because I’ve just dropped it off back at the library! What I can tell you is that it’s packed full of beautifully...

I’ve just read - or rather looked at - an utterly fascinating book written by Louise Purbrick and photographed by Donovan Wylie. It’s called ‘British Watchtowers’ and is a photographic...

I don't know if you've seen this or not but I've just had an email from a pal telling me it's a bit of a cult-classic and well worth watching. I've had a look on Wikipedia and it does indeed sound...

It's definitely me my friend - or at least it was the last time I had the misfortune to look at my ugly mug. I've never felt the need to hide behind a pseudonym so I've never bothered using one. Fair...

Why does the Labour Party want to destroy our great country and set us all against each other? Once again the Soviet heavies from Labour HQ have given the mice at the top of the MOD their rotten...

A few months ago I was a guest speaker at a ‘Peace & Reconciliation’ conference hosted by the Tim Parry Peace Centre in Warrington. Various figures from the military were there to speak about our...

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-scESgTnoUM

Just to spice things up a little, here’s the author D C Alden’s take on it, as lifted from the blurb on his excellent book ‘Invasion’, which deals with the possibility of an Islamic takeover...

God wasn't she wonderful? Imagine how proud her kids must be of her; she's got a great little slapdown for when they're misbehaving and accusing her of being a 'miserable old git'. Imagine being able...

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this in - or indeed even if there is a right forum! Anyway, I reckon that some of you old over 35s on here - like me, unfortunately - might enjoy this...

This was reported on the last Sky News bulletin that I saw this afternoon. A reporter visited Christina and filmed her and Staff. Sgt Schmid’s brother laying poppies for him at their local memorial...

I’ve just heard on Sky News that Christina Schmid, widow of the RLC bomb disposal expert Staff Sgt. Olaf Sean George Scmid has been made redundant from her job. As we all know, Staff Sgt. Schmid...

PS: I forgot to add this one:

The Elements of Style, by William Strunk and E B White

It’s just a wonderful little book that concentrates on the use of correct grammar and punctuation, in an...

Some books that I have found tremendously useful are listed below. As with all things in life the key is to make a good first impression, because unless you’re already a big fish you won’t get a...

Apologies for the rather disjointed and abstract nature of this posting, but I’ll try to answer your questions in as succinct and straight forward manner as I can, and hopefully provide you with a...

Thanks for that brilliant link Boy Syrup, and thanks for sharing that story with us Tropper66 - I can well see how that chance encounter with that cheeky but charming mite will stay with you always....

I know that this isn’t officially the right forum for me to be posting this picture on, but the more I think about it and the times we’re living in - well the more convinced I am that it’s...

Thanks for that Yellow Devil – a brilliant post and you certainly know what you’re talking about. I think the long-term key here is we’re just going to have to keep on talking and trying to...