Excerpts from: MY ADVENTURES AS A SPY BY LIEUT.-GEN. SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL, K.C.B., Illustrated by the Author’s Own Sketches, LONDON, C. ARTHUR PEARSON, LTD, HENRIETTA STREET, W.C., 1915.

Tactical Agents
In addition to finding out military details about a country, such as its preparedness in men, supplies, efficiency, and so on, these agents have to study the [...]

When I was 10 my parents used to leave me and my 11-year-old brother at the Gare du Nord in Brussels with a packed lunch and a few francs to buy chips on the cross-Channel ferry. We would take the train to Ostend, then the ferry to Dover and the train to Victoria; and after [...]

The Baden Powell or the BP House as it is commonly referred to, is a scouting hostel and conference centre in South Kensington, London that was constructed as a memorial to the founding father of the scouting movement Lord Baden Powell. The building which belongs to the Scouts Association holds a number of important memorabilia [...]

Scouts and Girl Guides are open to pre-marital sex, drugs and gay experiences, according to a new survey. More than 2,500 Scouts from across Europe, aged between 16 and 22, were questioned by researchers as they attended a convention in Italy.

The results might have surprised Lord Baden-Powell, who founded the Scouting and Guiding movement more [...]

THE 1st Devizes Scouts, the second oldest Scout troop in the world, is celebrating its centenary this year with 12 months of special events for its young members.

It was founded in June 1908 by Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Steele, one of the valiant defenders of the British outpost of Mafeking during the Boer War. Col Steele [...]

It was then 4.45, and a bewildering moment for the brigadier, who had a great bulky convoy to protect and had it in a defenceless position.
I think I would not take any reward to bear the responsibility of acting at such a moment. Shots were sounding quicker, but one could see nothing except the surrounding [...]

An exclusive clip of the founding of scout. Ever heard BP spoken before? It is black and white, and its classic. Hear BP speak his motivational speech with scores of youth from the colourful and vibrant jamboree pledge for peace and harmony. See how the movement inspired people in many aspect of life and making [...]