Hi folks, I’m delighted to announce the release of my debut novel, MILE ONE POINT SIX, a contemporary spy thriller. Available now as an ebook through Amazon, it will be out as a paperback in the next few days. More details will be announced on my website: domnicholls.com.
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Battle of Britain 80th commemoration: Flying among clouds with the ghosts of The Few
I dip the wing tip into a cloud and gently ease back the control column. The Spitfire pirouettes through the sky in a balletic arc. The weather outside my snug canopy is as glorious as it was for much of that summer in 1940 when earlier versions of this aircraft, accompanied by the growling Hurricanes,…
Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton: ‘Lockdown breakers’ risk social backlash, says author of study into American POWs in Vietnam
Neighbours who failed to stick to Covid-19 isolation rules could be shunned when lockdown is over, the author of a research paper about Prisoners of War has suggested. Lessons from a new study of American captives from the Vietnam conflict suggest there could be a backlash against members of society judged to have endangered the…
Bitter feud splits Reform Club amid ageism and bullying claims
By Robert Mendick, chief reporter and Dominic Nicholls 1 OCTOBER 2016 • 10:00PM. This article was published in the Sunday Telegraph on Sunday October 2nd. When Phileas Fogg wagered £20,000 he could circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he departed from the Reform Club in Pall Mall, London. Had he set off today, Jules Verne’s creation might…
Capping the Cards
This post was published on Huffington Post at this link. Does Canada hold the key to regulating the global payments industry? The subject of payment regulation, pitting retailers and restaurants against the credit card companies and banks, is a hardy perennial for discussion in legislative bodies the world over. The British government, for example, is currently…
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