Steadfast: A Novel

Steadfast: A Novel

2012.

After ten years of fighting, the British Army and its allies are still locked in a deadly struggle against Taliban forces in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Captain Alec Collard is a newly trained army doctor who is bored by the safe, middle-class existence of home. He believes he will find adventure and purpose on the front line of the conflict.

Shake Yourself Out of It

Shake Yourself Out of It

Herman Boerhaave was a 18th Century Dutch physician of European renown. He is known as the ‘father of physiology’ and his contributions to medicine were legion. His name lives on in the ‘Boerhaave Syndrome’ which is the rupture of the oesophagus after forceful vomiting which he described in 1724 when the Dutch admiral Baron Jan van Wassenaer died of the condition after a particularly gluttonous feast.

Judith and Baldwin: The Greatest Love Story that No-One Knows?

Judith and Baldwin: The Greatest Love Story that No-One Knows?

In the year 856 King Aethelwulf of Wessex was returning from a year long pilgrimage to Rome. He had with him his youngest son, Aflred, who would one day be known as ‘the Great’. Aethelwulf was old by the standards of the day - probably in his mid-50s and possibly over 60 - and had been seeking spiritual peace at the end of his life by going to Rome. Whilst he was away, he had left another son, Aethelbald, in charge of Wessex.

The History and Science of HIIT in 500 Words

The History and Science of HIIT in 500 Words

High Intensity Interval Training involves brief periods of maximal, or near maximal effort with short rests in between. It is now enormously popular, acting as the basis for gym classes and exercise regimes all around the world. This is a recognition of the that this form of training gives good results with a much lower time commitment than traditional moderate intensity or steady state training.