Mike Houlahan

The bands which came to define what is now known as ‘‘the Dunedin sound’’ would probably have formed, composed and created without the work of Douglas Henry Hood.

One of the formative history books I read in my younger days was Alistair Horne’s remarkable account of the war of 1871, The Fall Of Paris.

A few decades ago, hit American sitcom M*A*S*H was so ubiquitous it was believed an episode depicting the antics of US army medics during the Korean War was being screened on TV somewhere in the world every minute of the day.