SAS
‘An inspiration to all under his command’: the cheerful courage of Brian Franks
The second world war hero was awarded both the DSO and MC. But perhaps his finest achievement was securing the permanent future of the SAS
Was Maduro’s capture the greatest special forces raid in history?
On this occasion no one can accuse Donald Trump of hyperbole. The President praised the Delta Force team that seized…
The BBC’s war on the SAS
The SAS is under fire, not from terrorists or insurgents, but from ill-informed commentators and our state broadcaster. Our Special…
Who’d dare join the SAS now?
We should all feel scared to our bones about the persecution of the SAS, soldiers harried through the courts for…
Steven Pinker: The inside story of my Covid ‘bio bet’
Betting men Sir: The bet between Martin Rees and me that Matt Ridley recounts pits two kinds of scruples of…
Les Misérables is another depressing example of the BBC’s woke quota targets
As the Allies advanced towards Germany in September 1944, their supplies were brought all the way from western Normandy in…
A step too far
Captain Robert Nairac was a Grenadier Guards officer serving in Northern Ireland when on 14 May 1977 he was abducted…
Letters
Don’t write off Assad Sir: Ahmed Rashid refers to our ‘Arab allies’ supporting al-Qaeda (‘The plan to back al-Qaeda against…
Who dares lies
Why do so many men (including Sir Christopher Lee) fib about serving with the SAS?
Diary
An embarrassing confession: in the late 1960s, I was a Trotskyite. But that period of political adolescence has its uses.…
The soldier-diplomat incarnate
I had the misfortune to meet Lord Richards on probably the darkest day of his 42 years in the military.…
