Kelsick Wood and Topmasts
When time has permitted, I have been working on articles connected to my two books. My article about Kelsick Wood appeared in the November edition of Topmasts, the excellent magazine of The Society for Nautical Research.
William Russell’s Maryport childhood
I don't have photographs of many of the people who feature in The Vanishing Age of Sail, unsurprisingly for a book set largely in the 1830s. William Russell is the exception.
Jonathan Douglas, Maryport poet
The poems of Jonathan Douglas play a small but important role in The Vanishing Age of Sail.
Publication Day
My second book, The Vanishing Age of Sail: The Illustrated Journals of Kelsick Wood, Shipbuilder, is published today by Amberley. It tells the story of Georgian Britain, the Industrial Revolution and a Cumbrian shipbuilder’s fight for survival.
The Vanishing Age of Sail
I've been captivated by the wonderful journals of Kelsick Wood since I first saw them, and they are at the heart of my latest book, The Vanishing Age of Sail
