Posted by William on May 1, 2008
Well, Phil may have started something with his post on April 24; I had a birthday (rather bigger than his) coming up four days later and thought I should see what I could find. If you want to see what...
Posted by John on April 25, 2008
It has been a busy few days in the New York office of Osprey. On Friday April 11th we learned that the Wall Street Journal had run a review of one of our April new releases the prior day. The...
Posted by Phil on April 24, 2008
Something nearly everybody has done at some point in their life is to look what happened on their birthday throughout history. Now, aside from sharing a birthday with ex-England defender Stuart “Psycho” Pearce, very little of interest happened on my...
Posted by Joe on April 17, 2008
Released late last year, Triumph and Tragedy is a simple set of rules for fighting skirmish battles in the “pulp era”, the years between the two world wars. Unlike several other rules sets covering this period, T&T focuses on actual...
Posted by John on April 12, 2008
Because we share the same corporate name, I've been following the deployment of the Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey through Google Alerts. Today I received a link to this interesting story about the first female Osprey pilot. Very cool! http://longislandgirl.vox.com/library/post/first-female-mv-22-osprey-pilot-us-marines.html?_c=feed-atom
Posted by Kate on April 3, 2008
For all you uniform buffs who also perhaps have a secondary hobby as stamp collectors, you may be interested to know that one of Osprey’s artists, Graham Turner, has recently produced a series of stamps showing the evolution of British...
Posted by Kate on March 25, 2008
The National Army Museum here in London recently launched a new exhibition about 3 Para’s deployment as part of 16 Air Assault to Helmand Province, or as they fondly called it “Hell Land”. The exhibit has actually been nominated for...
Posted by Ruth on March 13, 2008
Apologies if this reads a little like a proud parent showing off a small child’s new trick, but I think it’s warranted! Last week the advance copies for Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare arrived in the office. This book publishes in...
Posted by Mike on March 10, 2008
Congratulations to Reg Fowle, Mrs T Boylin, James Cockburn and David Comerford who won the competition we ran to win tickets to see Pete Scholey's talk at the National Army Museum on the 15th March at 2.30. Remember, if you...
Posted by Richard on March 5, 2008
One of the perks of working for Osprey is getting your hands on early promotional copies of books that you really want to read. Last week I just finished a book titled Tools of Violence: Guns Tanks and Dirty Bombs....
Posted by Ed Moore on February 29, 2008
The might of the Turkish army launched a cross-border attack against known PKK positions last Thursday night. The attack was in response to Turkish authorities accusing the Iraqi government of failing to stop members of the PKK from using Northern...
Posted by Kate on February 28, 2008
Lt. Gen. Dan Shamron, a former Chief of Staff for the Israeli Defence Forces, died yesterday. The 13th Chief of Staff, he was a highly decorated soldier, having received a Medal of Distinguished Service for being the first paratrooper to...
Posted by Mike on February 26, 2008
One of the best features in our aviation books must be the detailed plane profiles that make up the middle slice of the books. The profiles include aircraft markings and nose art, and are excellent source material for modellers. A...
Posted by Mike on February 19, 2008
Pete Scholey is going to be a celebrity speaker at the National Army Museum in London on the 15th March, talking about his experiences in the SAS and about the heroes that he served with. Tickets for the event are...
Posted by John on February 15, 2008
One of the best-loved Mad magazine comics is "Spy vs. Spy." It features two film noir-era spies who have the most inventive methods for sending the other to kingdom come. I was thinking of those guys this month as I...
Posted by Guest Author on January 31, 2008
Venetia Bridges is a Desk Editor here at Osprey Publishing. She is responsible for the project managment and editing of the general 'coffee table style' books that Osprey publish. Over the last few months she has been working on one...
Posted by Ed Moore on January 17, 2008
As you will probably be able to tell from the picture, I’m holding a rifle. But, I must add that it’s not any old rifle, it’s a Martini Henry Mark II! I decided to bring this antique rifle into the...
Posted by Mike on January 13, 2008
I was recently forwarded this article about the AK-47. Having been brought up in Africa, I have always seen the 'AK' command a great deal of respect as a weapon (it notably features on the Mozambican flag) and so I...
Posted by Mike on January 5, 2008
One of the facets of military history that I personally find fascinating are the numerous small conflicts that occur from time to time around the globe. One of these small conflicts barely crept onto newspaper pages recently – that over...
Posted by Mike on December 16, 2007
New Vanguard 20 T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944–94 "T-34-85 Model 1944, 55th Guards Tank Bde, 7th Guards Tank Corps, Berlin 1945" Illustrated by Peter Sarson
Posted by Mike on December 3, 2007
Men-at-Arms 305 The Russian Civil War (2) White Armies "North Russia" Illustrated by Andrei Karachtchouk
Posted by Mike on November 7, 2007
At last years IPMS Telford event a customer came up to me and asked me if I had Osprey Aircraft books. At the time I was standing next to a spinner packed with our Aviation titles so I pointed at...
Posted by Mike on October 31, 2007
New technology that can make tanks invisible has been unveiled by the brains of Britain's Ministry of Defence. In secret trials last week, the Army said it managed to make a tank completely disappear and predicted that an invisible tank...
Posted by Richard on October 18, 2007
I watched a fascinating programme last night. Commando: On The Front Line follows 50 new recruits to the British Royal Marine Commandos as they undertake the toughest basic training in the world and then head out for their postings. I...
Posted by Mike on October 16, 2007
Next week I have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. On Monday we have arranged to have a sit down with Pete Scholey, former SAS soldier, where I get to quiz him about his life in the Regiment. This question and answer session...
Posted by Richard on October 9, 2007
I have a great job. On Wednesday, I was paid to go down to the National Army Museum in London to meet with the author of one of our upcoming books on the SAS (Special Air Service Regiment). Pete Scholey...
Posted by John on September 14, 2007
Saddened when I heard the news, the sudden passing of American journalist and historian, David Halberstam, was a shock to all. He was equally at home writing about modern history, politics, and contemporary sports, but the thing I will miss...
Posted by Mike on September 2, 2007
I saw this story about the delivery of a post box to British troops in Afghanistan a few weeks ago and it got me thinking. Initially I thought that such a simple and rather crazy decision by the MOD could...
Posted by Mike on August 14, 2007
Now some of you may have seen this already, but for those of you who haven't, I thought I would share with you my new tank girl discovery – the mammoth beast that is the CRUSHER. The Crusher is an...
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