The wooden horse man

In the fourth instalment of his SAS Great Escapes series, Damien Lewis recounts, among others, an overlooked LRDG operation in occupied Yugoslavia

BATTLING SNOW IN THE LIGURIAN ALPS, A TRAVELLER AND HIS HORSE LEARN THERE’S PROFOUND MEANING IN MASTERING THE ART OF QUIET COMPANIONSHIP

I’D seen an advertisement in my father’s newspaper for women to work on the canal boats. It said applicants should be of a robust constitution. I’m quite robust, so why not? I’d give it a go. “Look, D

Whether they knew his name or not, whole generations of Brits were familiar with the work of Reginald Mount, who lent his talents to the Ministry of Information during World War Two and beyond. Mount,

HANDLEBARS FREEWHEELING Essays on cycling 160pp. Daunt. ...

On 8 November 1942 this colonel played a crucial role in the Allied invasion of North Africa, attempting to secure the surrender of Vichy French forces and then leading an assault to secure the Moroccan beachhead