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Writing Blood and Bandages – fighting for life in the RAMC Field Ambulance 1940-46.  Part four: “There was only one thing left to do.”

Writing Blood and Bandages – fighting for life in the RAMC Field Ambulance 1940-46. Part four: “There was only one thing left to do.”

This blog was first published in March 2017,  in the lead up to the launch of Blood and Bandages. I’m republishing it now for the books many fans and to inspire other writers to carry on, come what may. They say writing is a marathon not a sprint. I agree. I started my marathon without… Continue reading…

Gary Lineker: My Grandad’s War

Gary Lineker: My Grandad’s War

On 11th November, the BBC broadcast a moving and important documentary called Gary Lineker: My Grandad’s War. It had been commissioned from Wall to Wall Media and told the story of Gary Lineker‘s grandad, Stanley Abbs, who had served as a nursing orderly in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Italy in World War Two… Continue reading…