In Dick Kirby's opinion, 'Operation Countryman' was, in the annals of police anti-corruption investigation, a monumental catastrophe which wrecked careers, lives and reputations. 'Countryman' sliced through the fabric of public confidence in the police, leaving in its wake a toxic legacy. When 'Countryman' officers tangled with wily London criminals, who manipulatively promised 'info' on bent CID officers in exchange for courtroom favours, their investigative inexperience was exposed. The criminals predictably failed to deliver. Dick Kirby's pedigree as a highly successful NSY detective is undisputed. A CID officer throughout the 'Operation Countryman' era, the 1970s, he is uniquely placed to draw on those sources which really matter: the individual recollections of those left destroyed by 'Countryman'; court records and parliamentary records are all used to grant cogency and authority to this meticulous and outstanding volume of police history. Kirby questions the foolish decision to.. Read more
London Police Pensioner
In Dick Kirby's opinion, 'Operation Countryman' was, in the annals of police anti-corruption investigation, a monumental catastrophe which wrecked careers, lives and reputations. 'Countryman' sliced through the fabric of public confidence in the police, leaving in its wake a toxic legacy. When 'Countryman' officers tangled with wily London criminals, who manipulatively promised 'info' on bent CID officers in exchange for courtroom favours, their investigative inexperience was exposed. The criminals predictably failed to deliver. Dick Kirby's pedigree as a highly successful NSY detective is undisputed. A CID officer throughout the 'Operation Countryman' era, the 1970s, he is uniquely placed to draw on those sources which really matter: the individual recollections of those left destroyed by 'Countryman'; court records and parliamentary records are all used to grant cogency and authority to this meticulous and outstanding volume of police history. Kirby questions the foolish decision to.. Read more
London Police Pensioner
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Author article: '[link=http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-british-cathedrals/]10 things you might not know about British cathedrals[/link] as featured by
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Islington Tribune
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Islington Tribune
Peter Stone has given the port of London a fulsome and highly readable biography.
Read the complete review [link=https://londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/the-history-of-the-port-of-london-the-vast-emporium-of-all-nations/]here.[/link]
London Historians' Blog
Peter Stone has given the port of London a fulsome and highly readable biography.
Read the complete review [link=https://londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/the-history-of-the-port-of-london-the-vast-emporium-of-all-nations/]here.[/link]
London Historians' Blog
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Northern Echo
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Northern Echo
Walking The London Blitz
This is a fascinating and highly informative guidebook to the Capital which will be invaluable to those who wish to understand what Londoners went through during the Second World War. By means of five easily manageable walks, the reader is transported back to those dark days of devastating destruction. Using rich anecdotes and first-hand accounts the… Read more...
