Sister Wakeford’s Christmas After Gallipoli
Sister Wakeford’s Last Gallipoli Diary Entry Sister Muriel Wakeford of the Australian Army Nursing Service spent most of 1915 nursing…
Gallipoli: news from a Ulysses nurse
Sister Muriel Wakeford, a nurse on the hospital ship Gascon, wrote short entries in her diary during November 1915. No…
Nursing at Gallipoli: Time to Go Home
9 September Nursing at Gallipoli: Time to Go Home Before I read Sister Muriel Wakeford’s diary of her time nursing…
War Writing – You couldn’t make it up
8 July War Writing – You couldn’t make it up One hundred years ago today, Sister Muriel Wakeford on board…
Putting Real People in a Gallipoli Novel
Putting Real People in a Gallipoli Novel The main characters in Gallipoli: Year of Love and Duty are entirely fictitious:…
Radio Interview for Gallipoli
I was very lucky this week to have a radio interview on the Chris Baxter Afternoon Show on BBC Radio…
Gallipoli – what’s it all about?
1st January Gallipoli – what’s it all about? This year marks the centenary of the ill-feted Gallipoli Campaign of World…
What are the truths of Muriel’s diary?
13th February What are the truths of Muriel’s diary? In my last blog I mentioned that I’d seen inaccurate quotes…
Challenges of the Diary Format for a Novel Writer
9th March Challenges of the Diary Format for a Novel Writer Usually we write up a diary in the evening…
Waiting Game in Wartime
28th March Waiting Game in Wartime Anyone who’s read private diaries or letters from WW1 nurses will probably have noticed…