I like allohistory, where alternative futures are laid out. The novel ‘Fatherland’ by Richard Harris, is set in Berlin in 1964, in a world where Germany won the Second World War, contains… more →
Shortfinals's Blogwrote 1 day ago: Coffee at Costa today, not tea. A medium soya wet latte with an extra shot. My regular morning drink … more →
wrote 4 days ago: Recently I have been using Max MSP to create a user-defined composition patch to be used in an exhib … more →
wrote 5 days ago: Just back from a very helpful meeting aboard HMS Belfast for the IWM Marketing Meeting. Lots of usef … more →
wrote 6 days ago: The Imperial War Museum announced a new project yesterday entitled Lives of the First World War whic … more →
wrote 6 days ago: IWM & brightsolid partner to create digital platform Lives of the First World War IWM (Imperial … more →
wrote 1 week ago: It’s been a hectic few weeks! I’ve been playing with Shauna Mackin on her Ireland tour … more →
wrote 1 week ago: The Imperial War Museum’s Lives of the First World War project aims to honour unsung heroes (Picture … more →
wrote 1 week ago: . I’ve just been flicking through a ton of photographs from the last few years or so an … more →
wrote 1 week ago: As research for the next novel, I’m reading a lot about the Second World War. For a while I’ve been … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Friday 19th April 2013, Tate Britain This is a one-day seminar on British art and the First World Wa … more →
wrote 1 week ago: English: The Duke of Wellington (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Most Capital Cities claim to be cities of … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Lambeth North station is more than 100 years old, with a sad history of a near bomb explosion. Th st … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: By Richard Graham, Office Volunteer Looking at war memorials, especially in small communities, I am … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: A German historian has installed a new plaque commemorating one of the Dambuster bombers afte … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: A row has broken out over the Government’s plans to mark the centenary of the First World War as min … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: We went to the Imperial War Museum yesterday, which was my first visit. I was actually really … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: London last week, Warsaw at the weekend and now Ostrava this week… More on the last two soon, … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Vauxhall’s latest drop-top may be aiming at a niche market but there will be an audience for it none … more →
wrote 1 month ago: In 1945, after WWII had ended, those working in the underground bunker beneath Whitehall put down th … more →