This six-monthly round up is intended to bring recent historical articles and lectures to the attention of a wider audience. It highlights areas that some readers may wish to further examine by reading the original articles. Mariner’s Mirror and Society for Nautical Research The August edition of the society’s quarterly journal contained a couple of unexpected pieces. The journal is generally academic but two scholarly articles were based on delightful seafaring yarns, which were of a standard to make any matelot delighted to be able to include them in their repertoire of dits. The first was a…
