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 Ruth on April 9, 2008
It is nice when a book that you really believe in begins to take off. I’m sure some of you remember me raving about Brushes and Bayonets on the blog a few months ago. It is a selection of 250...
Posted by William on April 7, 2008
I can never resist reading random pages of our old newspapers as I bundle them up for recycling, because I always find something good that I missed. On the same day as my post went up about the story of...
Posted by Mike on March 18, 2008
Just in time for Easter, the latest batch of Osprey books should be hitting stores near you today (and should be available to buy online etc). The two titles that really leap out at you have to be the next...
Posted by William on March 17, 2008
Nice story in the papers recently about an American Expeditionary Force (AEF) artillery sergeant who buried a letter in a beer bottle in Lorraine in 1918, presumably to keep it safe. It was from his "Aunt Pete" in Oklahoma. She...
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 Mike on December 8, 2007
Elite 84 World War 1 Trench Warfare (2) 1916–18 "British Raiders" Illustrated by Adam Hook
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 October 25, 2007
Simone suggested that it might be a nice idea to have a regular-ish slot on the blog where you get to hear about the doings of an Osprey illustrator, focusing the scribbling on a particular piece of illustration. I’m into...
Posted by Ruth on July 2, 2007
I was interested to note some of the comments on Joe’s blog which expressed hope that Bruce Bairnsfather’s work would be collected and published in a similar way to that of Bill Maudlin's. Well… we aren’t publishing a book just...
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