The village of Bedmansworth, close to Heathrow, has been there for six centuries. This is a tale of people who inhabit interconnecting worlds: the bustling, stress-filled, ultra-modern world of the airport and the still romantic, conventional world of the country village on its doorstep.

A novel that tells the story of a grown man who runs away from home, and the adventures that befall him in his quest for a new lease of life.

Bursting with life and bawdy humour, National Serviceman Brigg is now a Regular Army sergeant, defending the Empire in the beds and bars of Hong Kong. Peace-time diversions include: sensual fireworks with a pair of delicious Chinese twins and a tender, erotic affair with the lonely wife of an American serviceman.

At the start of the war in 1939 James Bevan is a junior officer approaching middle-age, attached to a small anti-aircraft unit amid the retirement bungalows of the south coast. For Bevan, and the soldiers he commands, it's a rude awakening when they are called upon for the real war.

The worst has happened. On the eve of their return to Blighty, Brigg and his fellow National Servicemen find themselves sentenced to another six months in Panglin Barracks...

In May 1940, 338,000 soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk and 200,000 of those passed through Dover, saturating the town and railway station with soldiers, sailors and airmen. This novel shows the impact of young men had on the civilians of this small town.

A tale of a Welsh sailor with a girl in every port, but only one true love at home.

A personal account of the author's odyssey around some of the most fascinating islands of the globe. His travels take him to islands as distant and diverse as Saint-Pierre et Miquelon off Newfoundland, and to places more familiar, at least in name, includi