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Wednesday, 27 May 2026

Examining Nick Tosches' book on the life of Sonny Liston

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Tosches’ book was titled Night Train: The Sonny Liston Story in the United Kingdom in contrast to its original American title The Devil and ...

Captain Eugene Simon Karpe: The U.S. naval officer whose suspected assassination inspired Ian Fleming to write the James Bond thriller From Russia, With Love

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Portrait of U.S. Navy Captain Eugene Simon Karpe (Public Domain). In February 1950, Eugene Simon Karpe, who for the previous three years h...

Lieutenant Colonel Marcelino da Mata: Portugal’s Most Decorated Military Officer

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  Lt. COL. Marcelino da Mata photographed in full dress uniform (AI-treated Public Domain photograph). Born into the Papel ethnic group in...
Friday, 15 May 2026

The Naval Ranks of Rear Admiral And Commodore: A Tale of Controversy And "Confusion"

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Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey, the Nigerian Chief of the Naval Staff photographed in 1968. ( AI colorised via Grok). This photograph of J.E.A....
Sunday, 26 April 2026

The moral fibre and resilience of the Islamic Republic of Iran: A continuum of Persian civilisation

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A 1978 poster titled “Ashura: Victory of Blood Over the Sword”. The argument that the Islamic Republic of Iran, established in the wake of...
Wednesday, 8 April 2026

My lecture on the landmark Bonny amphibious operation to the participants on this year's Naval Warfare Course (NWC 10) at the Naval War College Nigeria on April 8th, 2026

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I had the honour and pleasure this morning to have delivered an online lecture on the landmark Bonny amphibious operation to the participan...
Monday, 16 March 2026

Thirty Five Years Have Passed Since I was Called To The Bar of England and Wales

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A photograph of me on Call Night at the Middle Temple, left, and a record of my Call to the Bar of England & Wales in the Daily Telegrap...