Just thought I should let you all know that I am no longer a disinterested researcher into the Franklin Expedition. I'm now making money...

I am now getting very close to finalising my biography of James Fitzjames, Sir John Franklin's second in command on the doomed HMS Erebus...

Avidly reading Andrew Lambert's new book 'Franklin, Tragic Hero of Polar Navigation' (though I much preferred 'The Gates of Hell') I...

I owe a huge debt of thanks to Heather Lane, Librarian and Keeper of Collections at the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge and...

Russell Potter has recently published two very interesting posts on his blog 'Visions of the North' relating to the Daguerreotypes taken...

The silver cutlery of the Franklin Expedition is famous but, as Russell Potter pointed out on his blog (http://visionsnorth.blogspot.com/...

One of the more unusual items of cutlery recovered from the Franklin Expedition is Cornelius Hickey's 'table knife’. Petty Officer...

The Franklin Expedition was last seen on either 29th or 31st July, 1845, when the tips of their ships’ masts were visible to Captain...

While we all hope that one day more written material will emerge from all the archaeological research into the Franklin Expedition, can...

Primo Levy said that 'lead is the metal of death'. You can't read about the Franklin Expedition for very long without coming across lead....

'Hidden Tracks: the Secrets of James Fitzjames and the Franklin Expedition' is the book I've just completed. (Actually I'm obsessively...

he finding of HMS Investigator has made headline news across the world. What a great achievement! The Parks Canada website has a very...

I'm grateful to Howard Leader of BBC Radio Lincolnshire for having taken the trouble to read my book 'James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of...

Professor Russell Potter (why am I always tempted to describe Russell as 'the indefatigable'?) has just beaten off the rest of the...

Until 'James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition' was published, there was no public knowledge of who James Fitzjames'...

Much of the content of 'James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition' was researched by me from primary sources....

A potentially very interesting new piece of evidence has emerged today for those trying to piece together 'the Fate of Franklin' from the...

And here is the news which the world has waited for since 1848 - the finding of one of Franklin's ships. Today’s announcement by Stephen...

I haven't posted or a while. I am working pretty hard in business at the moment, and my primary research focus is piecing together the...

I'm delighted that the Friends of the Durning Library have invited me to give a talk about my book 'James Fitzjames: The Mystery Man of...