Robert Newcome

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"When I joined the Army, at the age of 20, I was serving in Northern Ireland, leading a platoon of soldiers. I then went to university, a very different experience. And then I started writing. I had a very traditional upbringing. I went to boarding school public school, my father was a church warden in a very traditional British family. So, when I joined the Army, of course, my mindset would have been, were the good guys. You know, in Northern Ireland, it was the time of the troubles. We were there, and essentially, stopping Catholics from attacking Protestants and vice versa. And the sense of, I'm part of an organization that is here primarily, to benefit people. And my whole upbringing, you know, you mentioned empire and communism sucks, like, I guess up to that point, my whole education had been, you know, England, Britain, a good place. We've done good around the world. " Robert Newcome is best known for his novel ‘The Name Beneath the Stone’. Robert has had a career that includes being an officer in the British army, a retail manager and a management consultant specializing in leadership training. During lockdown he posted a 500-word story every Saturday and he now writes full time. War is often a setting for his novels.  To stay up to date, follow @SmitaTharoor on Smita Tharoor (@SmitaTharoor) / Twitter or Smita Tharoor (@smitatharoor) | Instagram and follow the podcast on your favorite streaming service.