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A new addition to the family 31 Jul 2013 | 09:21 pm
And then there were six ... First copies of my new Valerius adventure Sword of Rome arrived today and I think it looks fantastic. 'The story I now commence is rich in vicissitudes, grim with warfare...
Was Caligula as mad and bad as he's portrayed? The jury's still out. 30 Jul 2013 | 01:43 pm
The excellent and entertaining historian Mary Beard's BBC 2 documentary on the bad (possibly), but not necessarily mad Roman Emperor Caligula was great TV, despite the paucity of evidence available to...
Eat your heart out McGonagall 11 Jul 2013 | 01:25 pm
I was down in Jedburgh a couple of days ago for the sad, but rather uplifting occasion of my much loved Aunt Ina's funeral. She was laid to rest at the town cemetery, a beautiful spot, just behind the...
And the sun shone too! 3 Jun 2013 | 08:53 pm
We celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary with a weekend on the shores of Loch Fyne. It was a last minute booking and the destination was a surprise for my fellow celebratee, who showed her appreciat...
The corner of a Scottish field that will be forever Normandy 20 May 2013 | 01:55 pm
The 'Atlantic Wall' stands a few metres from the Sheriffmuir Road Not so much a blog post as an article. I recently stumbled upon a largely forgotten part of Scotland's WWII history in the hills abov...
The real Iron Men 3 May 2013 | 12:30 pm
Russ, Ben and Tony at Housesteads Fort At some point this afternoon four intrepid authors will reach the end of a six-day, 83 mile march along Hadrian's Wall, a massive achievement in its own right, ...
A very British hero 24 Mar 2013 | 10:15 pm
I took a walk from Bridge of Allan up to the Stirling monument, which looks out towards the Highlands from a ridge on the Doune Road and commemorates Sir David Stirling, founder of the SAS and a very ...
Coping with (an author's) split personality 5 Mar 2013 | 08:31 pm
One of the most frequent questions I'm asked is how I manage to jump about between being Douglas Jackson and James Douglas, my alter ego who writes mystery thrillers like The Doomsday Testament, The I...
The one where I turn historical detective and stick my neck out 7 Feb 2013 | 06:08 pm
Could a neglected field outside Bridge of Allan be be the site of one of Scotland's lost wonders? The answer is that we'll probably never know for certain, but bear with me. First a confession. My o...
Time to stop the industrialisation of our landscape 13 Jan 2013 | 06:38 pm
I was going to do my first blog of 2013 on some form of writing subject, but after reading this I've decided to have a short rant on a subject close to my heart: wind farms. I think they're intrusive...
