Author Archives: Mark

Mesmerizing and masterful

Mesmerizing and masterful

Mature Times reviews Touching the Void at Bristol Old Vic “Simon!” A desperate voice booms and echoes out of the darkness; we are immediately gripped. Who would have thought that Joe Simpson’s novel, ...
Children at war

Children at war

At the start of the First World War, Britain was the only major power involved without a large-scale standing army, with an armed force of approximately 700,000 soldiers. In sharp contrast, the German ...