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As Donald Lawson sat on a deck at the Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis nearly a year ago, overlooking a marina attached to the Chesapeake Bay and, to it, the world’s oceans, he explained his fascination: with the sea, with sailing, with setting records. Buoyed by the recent purchase of a speedy boat, the Baltimore native expected to set 33 different records over the next decade, including ...

As Donald Lawson sat on a deck at the Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis nearly a year ago, overlooking a marina attached to the Chesapeake Bay and, to it, the

I have always been fascinated by people that survived extreme situations. I always wondered how long I would be able to survive if I was lost on a snow covered mountain or ledge locked on a cliff or trapped in the middle of the ocean on a raft. The answer is – It depends. It all depends on how prepared you are for the situation, or even how lucky you are. The simplest of things could end up saving your life, like a nail or a piece of string. It was surprising to learn that almost all the p...

O n 19 October 1945, 13 men gathered in Whitehall for a secret meeting. It was chaired by Courtenay Denis Carew Robinson, a senior Home Office official, and he was joined by representatives of the Foreign Office, the Ministry of War Transport, and the Liverpool police and immigration inspectorate. After the meeting, the Home Office’s aliens department opened a new file, designated HO/213/926. Its contents were not to be discussed in the House of Commons or the Lords, or with the press, or ack...