As with all major projects one’s ambition of maintaining a structured, focused approach is constantly challenged by reality – if not necessarily the law of unintended consequences then the wholly unexpected. Having submitted my grant application to support an extended period in the States a year from now researching Sir Richard Fairey’s direction of the …
Monthly Archive: September 2013
Sep 18
The task in hand…
To date blog entries have been intermittent, the most recent gap being a consequence of spending time on holiday in France, but with the start of the academic year the project really takes off. My immediate priorities are twofold. Firstly, I need to complete preliminary work on the British Air Commission in Washington, 1940-46, which …
Adrian Smith, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Southampton
