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 had four military maritime articles, including one about RAF Coastal Command. Of the others, one was on ship’s figureheads from the Viking to the Stuart era. It drew out how they were then usually not related to the vessel’s name. Another examined the use of “diplomac…
