Summer's End - Announcement
Good Morning Subscribers, hope this finds you well.
It’s now autumn, which means I have been going for 9 months, and over 70 pieces have been published. I would like to say - or would I? - that they have been on a wide variety of subjects; however, a quick review reveals that almost 20 pieces have been on rugby, cricket and other sport, whilst about 15 more have a martial or naval theme.
Well, at least I am faithful to my over-arching position, this Substack is about ‘things in history that interested me’.
As I have mentioned once or twice before, the ‘Photo of the Week’ feature has been a fairly arduous occupation - one that has distracted me from my principal goal of getting much longer previously written material published. Nevertheless, I have enjoyed the research and composition and if I had to select some favourite ‘PotW’ pieces, I would confess to having most enjoyed compiling the following:
The former resulted in the making of a new pen pal and a pledge to review his book - standby for a special feature in November.
I will follow up the piece on the reconstruction in Coventry, with one on the destruction of the ancient one on the night of 14-15th November 1940.
This winter we have an Ashes series, so with luck I will find time to squeeze in some more cricket commentary, and also that debate about the sport’s greatest bowler.
There is also the usual full programme of international rugby through November too, so if there is time, I will attempt some more analysis and predictions - yes, a fool’s errand I know! - and resume my campaign against the ludicrous misuse of red cards in the game.
Notwithstanding that it ‘distracts’, I feel compelled to remain true to the ‘Photo of the Week’ for the full 52 weeks of the year. That said, it will change to ‘Feature of the Month’ in 2026. This will be to facilitate the editing and publication of the reams of material written in the B.S. years………Before Substack.
Keep well, enjoy the autumn - or the spring for antipodean subscribers - and feel free to offer feedback, either positive or negative. I pledge to remain diligently dilettante.
Best wishes,
Jim - TDP