by Mark Simmons | Feb 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
What became of Iris Gibson, the runner-up? When Alistair Maclean won the short story competition , run by the Glasgow Herald’s Weekend page in 1954, Iris I.J.M. Gibson, of Well Meadow House, Paisley, was the runner-up with ‘Now Such Light’, earning herself... by Mark Simmons | Feb 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
The books have arrived pre-orders will be dispatched shortly. Unpacking Here they are by Mark Simmons | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
With the Commandos: The drive into Hitler’s Reich November 1944-June 1945: Tells the story, which has been largely forgotten, following after D-Day, the Normandy landings and breakout, of the months of desperate fighting that remained to be done often against a... by Mark Simmons | Dec 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
by Mark Simmons | Nov 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Two of our good friends have recently returned from a trip to the USA, mainly the Southern States. It got me thinking nostalgically of all our trips to the great republic which did we enjoy most. Our last trip in 2018 was memorable for the cruise on the...