I am looking for a some hi-res, public domain images of Medieval or Renaissance battle scenes to use as covers for a fantasy series I'm writing. Does anyone...
A possible new museum of the English Civil War in Newark - could be a great day out AND within easy distance of lots of wargame venues such as Wargames Foundry...
Dear All The "spare" copies for the above have been delivered to myself So with luck they should be with UK members in the next week [unfortunately overseas...
Further to the events listed the most recent Mercurius, members may also find the following of interest: From Melee to Opera: The Metamorphosis of the...
Another one at the Wallace Collection, London which may be of interest Special Day Event: Swordplay Saturdays Saturday 26th May, 2012 11:30am - 5:00pm Price:...
Having just received issue 32/VI, I read the accompanying Mercurius, which suggests the replacement of Mercurius with a news website. I am all in favour of...
Jur, The paper version of Mercurius has failed to be relevant for a number of years. It remains to be seen if a section on the website can provide a more...
Just to note that facebook is only visible to other facebook users Same with twitter, but with even less characters to make use of - and the inconvenience of...
From a personal point of view (and this is a personal post NOT an official one) I am not "on facebook" and neither would I ever wish to be. Another Society to...
Bill, Steve, Mark, Good to hear your views. I am not suggesting that facebook or twitter will solve all ills or lead the society to Walhalla. but - I think...
Gentlemen Just a quick note. producing Mercurius is not a major hardship. But in producing it I have said the following to myself every time: 1) 6/8 pages are...
Hi, My copy of Arquebusier, and therefore Mercurius, arrived today here in New Zealand. As usual I was very pleased with Arquebusier and look forward to...
Well as an example from the colonies, HMGS (Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, the Historicon folks) have gone completely over to online publication as...
If you have a sense of humour watch this from the 'Horrible Histiories' TV programme I thought this was funny and infinitely better than the risible 1970...
Gents, the SWMEE (Shepton Mallet)is a model show but there are a few wargames displays as well. One of the games is a what if based on the review of the book...
Good Morning It is with great sadness that I have to report that our Honorary Secretary John Norris died last week from heart failure. His contribution to the...
I was very sorry to heat of Johns death, please pass my condolences on to his family  Iain Stanford  ... From: MARK PARKER <mrkprkr@...> Subject: Re:...
I very often failed to see eye-to-eye with John at committee meetings - but I think it was a good thing that we had a committee with different views and...
Thanks for everyone posting their views on the future of an 'internet' Mercurius. A number of communication ideas have been suggested that have not occurred to...
Hi Neil, May I ask what the society is trying to achieve with the Mercurius replacement? I do not believe a forum is the correct tool for news updates. That is...
Neil As the request for an 'editor' of an online Mercurius asked volunteers to contact the secretary rather than volunteer via the Yahoo group I think it a...
I'm not sure that I said that Twitter and Facebook would take a considerable effort. I think it is much less than that of a news editor who needs to find the...
Hi, Perhaps an unusual question but what is the nominal time frame covered by the Pike and Shot Society? I have seen some reference to the Wars of the Roses...
