On 16 March 1916, my latest book will be out, published by Lion Hudson. It's called Conchie: what my father didn't do in the war and it's the old old story of a son trying to understand his father.

In many ways it's the other side of the literary coin to the book written about my mother's war time experiences in Bletchley Park - My Secret Life in Hut Six.

Mum fought in the battle of spin and intelligence whereas dad fought a different kind of  war altogether.Over the next few days, weeks and months I'm going to post pictures, stories and audio visual material referred to in Conchie.