Phil Wilkinson’s 40 years in the Royal Air Force involved thousands of hours in the air – an activity he still tries to engage in as often as possible.His time on the ground was equally... Read full biography
Air Marshal Sir Christopher Coville was born in Liverpool in 1945 and joined the Royal Air Force in 1964 as a Flight Cadet at the RAF College Cranwell. After flying training, he served as a Lightning... Read full biography
Aldon Ferguson set up the first property company in post-Communist Russia. This work exposed him to all walks of Soviet life from politicians, oligarchs, KGB, the underworld, police, business leaders... Read full biography
Andrew Murray was born in 1941, educated in Scotland and then joined the Diplomatic Service where he spent twenty eight years. His career saw him serving in Pakistan, Argentina, UN New York,... Read full biography
Born in France, Anne-Marie took a degree in English and as a postgraduate met her English husband and work took them to the Far East, spending 16 years living in Singapore, Thailand, Philippines... Read full biography
Bob Horner served for thirty years in the Royal Naval Reserve spending most of his service specialising in the command and control of submarines until he retired in 1999. He soon joined Bletchley Park... Read full biography
Born and raised in Mombasa and educated in both Kenya and UK, Hugh Willing spent his early childhood in East Africa, the Seychelles and West Africa before joining the British Army in 1971 and retiring... Read full biography
Ian Gardiner was educated at Fettes College and commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1968. He fought in the Dhofar War in Oman from 1973 to 1975, where he was decorated with the Omani... Read full biography
Mike Shaw was a regular soldier for over 30 years and a keen historian all his life. He has an interest in how trading links developed between Europe and the Orient from the earliest recorded history... Read full biography
Canon Ian Ainsworth-Smith has a Cambridge degree in Theology and Church History and has maintained his interest in these areas having worked as a Parish Priest, Teacher and Hospital Chaplain for... Read full biography
Captain Mike Irving spent 36 years as a River Tees pilot. He is on one of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s technical advisory committees, has represented pilots at national, European and... Read full biography
After a successful pilot career with
the RAF and subsequently in civil aviation, Captain Phil Giles joined
the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch in 1986 and, as
Senior Investigator of Air... Read full biography