A Punk Guide to Staging a Military Coup

Fig. 1 - the people of Tidworth waving off liberation forces heading for London, warning them to avoid the A303, especially that really slow bit near Stonehenge Here at The Egg Banjo, we’re all about high-quality, peer-reviewed content (well, Craig skim-reads my copy...

A Punk History of Squaddies on Screen

Before we get to the meat and potatoes of this week’s piece, you might be wondering – what’s the difference between a Punk Military Historian and a real one? The answer is, of course, research. Tony Beevor and Max Hastings, for example, spend yonks in dusty libraries,...
A Punk Guide to one-man armies

A Punk Guide to one-man armies

UKSF shopping in Nairobi for milkI’m sure I’m not alone in having a man-crush on the anonymous UKSF soldier (a ‘Senior NCO’ it was revealed, surprising absolutely nobody) who went shopping in downtown Nairobi and ended up performing a spot of live-action Call of duty...