Category Freedom

The King’s Shilling

Why I won’t be joining the 'Transition to War' in a nation that hates itself. Yet.

Confess. Please.

Watching Predators Below and Politics Above from a Ship Off Taiwan

It's complicated.

I hope everyone is having a pleasant Sunday? Please share a photo of something nice in the comments if you are. I often wish…

In my latest (publishable) dream I was standing on the quayside waiting for my ship to come in. I had been waiting for this…

I can only apologise for the recent radio silence, my friends. I’ve been a busy boy of late. It’s a bit of a shame…

It’s dim now, but what I remember most about that night was the physical pain. My mother woke me in the middle of the…

Why does the whole world have to listen to America? Why is everyone supposed to care about this place, no matter where they live…

The covenant

The chaos in my life is subsiding this week. My friend and I have completed all of the joinery in my bathroom project, and…

Aloha to the illusion of history. I shouldn’t really be writing this. I’m meant to be writing a navigation training course for a client,…