His parishes included St Martin’s in Hereford, where he stood in as chaplain to the SAS and first developed an interest in military history.
[1] After leaving the church he worked on the curatorial staff of the Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum, for which he remains a consultant.
He argued that the Charge was not the military disaster it appeared, and controversially claimed that it could be considered “an astounding success”.
[3][4] In October 2004, on the 150th anniversary of the Charge, he broadcast an account of this action from the Crimea to the U.S. live on NPR.
[citation needed] In his controversial book The MAGA Offensive, published by Hard Corps Essays in September 2020, he argues that "the re-election of President Donald Trump is crucial for the survival of the real USA and the core values that define Western culture.