Errol’s Master of Music

Years ago I was able to conduct a short interview with Andy Hamilton, a Jamaican musician who worked for Errol in the latter 1940’s before emigrating to England in 1949. If you like a bit of jazz you could do a lot worse than buy Andy’s two albums; Silvershine and Jamaica By Night.  Both are excellent and the title track of Silvershine was actually a piece… (more…)

Errol in fiction

I noticed on Amazon the other day a new book called Flynn’s Last Stand by Al Hooper. I wonder if any of you chaps have read it yet? Previous outtings for Errol in works of fiction havent been too successful, my favourite being Stuart Kaminsky’s Bullet for a Star. The Pirates Daughter was also a decent read although probably sitting… (more…)

The Sea Hawk US Insert

I mentioned yesterday how much I missed my Insert poster from The Sea Hawk. Well, today I found this picture of one on line which, to judge by the description is the very one I used to own (paper-backed with some restoration to a bottom corner). I hope you all agree it’s a beauty! — DerekD

Back after all these years….

Many thanks to David for asking me to post here. I look forward to contributing here and I hope you’ll all forgive some of my hazy recollections. It’s been a while. Some of you may recall that in the distant past I used to have one of the only Flynn web sites out there. If you never saw it, you… (more…)