Post number four is on the value of reading. It is in danger of becoming an outmoded pastime. I’m a voracious reader and always have been, and here’s why everyone should consider it: The thoughts of humanity and its great thinkers since the dawn of language are recorded and available in the public library or on the internet; there’s no lack of knowledge to be found. Expertise in…
Read MoreMy third post is on Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, it is triggered by my just reading his biography “Nelson Love and Fame” by Edgar Vincent. I’ll get back to that but I’ll work forward chronologically as to how he is in my collection. The battle of Trafalgar was won by Admiral Nelson in 1805 and so on the bicentennial in 2005 I was given a William Britain commemorative figure by…
Read MoreAs my second post in the series I have reverted to an article I wrote for Toy Soldier & Model Figure Magazine, it was published 12 years ago in August 2006 issue 99.The idea is to do a then and now comparison on the state of my hobby and collection.The first thing that strikes me is that back in the day the Donald Featherstone figures were set up more in…
Read MoreIt seems fitting that the first post on my new web site should be in honor of Donald Featherstone. It acts as a brief summary to my illustrated article in Miniature Wargames dated July 2014 and titled Collecting Featherstone One man’s shrine to the great Don.As a long-term reader of Dons books and war gamer using his rules you can imagine my delight when I read a classified ad in…
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