The dangers of the sea should always take precedenceover the violence of the enemy’Rear-Admiral Ben Bryant CB, DSO and two bars, DSC

[T]hen all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.

With this idea, being a man with long experience of the sea (and they certainly have a great advantage over other men in any sort of task)…

The soul, they say, is divine and the flesh is iniquity. But I am a musician and I ask this – without the wood and the strings of the violin, where would the sonata find...

I phoned the Admiral back.’It’s no use, Admiral, the French speak nothing but French.’There was a short pause on the end of the line then his voice rattled into life like a sabre.’They’re lying, Tim!”What?”The...