'If in the years to come, you meet a man who says, "I was at Arnhem", raise your hat and buy him a drink.' War correspo...

  Part two of the food we made at Richmond Castle Garlic Soup The herbs are all fresh, but if you can't get the fresh herbs you can us...

This is part one of two posts... So, as well as being a costumer I do the cooking for my re-enactment group, Conquest. We're doing an ...

  In April 1944, a ship that would eventually be known as Landfall floated out of a shipyard on the Tyne. Her official name at the time was ...

  I want to thank everybody who has been so very kind, and very patient with me for the last few weeks. I'm back at work now, having ta...

You might not be aware (I didn't shout that loudly, was too busy), but I had to move out of my lovely studio in The Art House, so th...

My Nana, and me. I'd like to introduce you to my Nana. Her name was Trudie Lough. She was (and is) the bedrock that my whole lif...

Firstly, certain people will be happy to hear that The Great Website Rebuild has begun. A while ago now the website got corrupted.   I rep...

I'm not officially back at work until next week, (and am not that web-present at the moment, as my laptop is still at the menders), but...

A very quick post to say a big thank you to Jenna Odie, of Cute Kids Designs, who featured my machine embroidered black bull livery badge on...

This has been a really difficult day for me. I wasn't sure I should post this, but I've accomplished b***** all else today, so I tho...

In theory I was meant to have my stall at English Heritage's Festival of History at Kelmarsh Hall this weekend just gone. Well, I was ...

My most recent work - a set of five vehicle pennants (aka flags). This was a private commission for an officer of the Grenadier Guards ...

'What have we done?' - the question repeatedly asked by Mary Portas in her Channel 4 series 'Mary's Bottom Line'.  I wat...

Turning myself into a complete liar, after my last 'won't be around for a while' post.... Anybody who has read any of the be...

I may not be writing that much on this blog for the next few weeks... I'm in the manic run up to the re-enactor's market now (TORM...