Good men die like dogs, revisited

I first came across this quote at the tail end of my career in the (British) television business, uncredited, on a scrap of paper left by a photocopier.

Domestique: Riding for the team

It comes as a shock to open a sports autobiography in which the protagonist never won as a professional – at least not individually – and who admits, quite early on, that the pressure of winning was too much for him.

Designing the Battle of Britain

This time last year I went to visit the Battle of Britain Bunker at Hillingdon, the operations room which managed the air defences of the South Coast. The big map table is famous. But I was more interested in the system of lights that showed at a glance the status of every squadron.