Ships, boats, and desperation
The frantic, panic-stricken lengths that Defenders of the Myth are forced to go to in their attempts to discredit my work always amuses me, but I was especially entertained by one gentleman who swung into action on Quora. Scarcely able to contain his excitement, he pounced after I remarked that British troops traveled to South
Durban Defences
A few years ago, I wrote an article, challenging some rubbish that appeared in the Berg Times: Berg Times Balderdash – Chris Ash – Author This prompted a fellow called James Seymour to passionately leap to the defence of the much-loved myths: Unfortunately for Mr Seymour, ‘vehemence’ is a poor substitute for veracity, and this
Exposing the myths on ‘Redcoat History’
I was recently interviewed by Chris Parkinson, on his Redcoat History YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/h7NCfNV1Cwc?si=XnTOoskVT-MB2WOH
‘Minding their own business’
One of my favourite myths of the Boer War is the one in which the poor, innocent, completely blameless Boers were ‘minding their own business’ and ‘only wishing to be left alone’ before the wicked British bullies declared war and invaded their halcyon republics. Of course, this is complete rubbish: anyone who takes a moment