MICHAEL WALSH FORMER MARINER: The vast oceans and seas that touch all of our lives abound with mystery. The fathomless and mysterious oceans consist of ever-changing horizons hardly touched by human hands. Mysterious because we know more about the distant moon than we do of the enigmatic waters […]
MICHAEL WALSH DISSIDENT JOURNALIST: We often talk about a country’s assets fuelling prosperity; its industrial might and its natural resources, its economic know-how; its pivotal trading position; its geographical location, and its technology. Sadly. People – yes people, the greatest asset is nowhere to be seen on the […]
The war declared by Israel on nearly 3 million Palestinians after an attack by Hamas’s militants is already debunking many myths, including the power of the Israeli intelligence service MOSSAD, the immunity of Merkava tanks, as well as the ultra-modernity and over-equipping of the Israeli IDF army, which […]
MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT: As the molten evening sun settles over Seville’s Plaza de Espana the melancholic melody of a guitar completes the rapture. Your head swims with delight to Sueno en la Floresta (Dreams in the Magic Garden). As T.S Elliot observed: ‘Music heard so deeply / […]
The fact that Neanderthals were able to make a fire and use it, among other things, for cooking, demonstrates their intelligence. One wonders how many men – or women could light a fire today? ‘This confirms our observations and theories from previous studies,’ explains Diego Angelucci, archaeologist at […]
MICHAEL WALSH INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM SINCE 1983. The scourge of Western propaganda is again destroyed as Fiorella Isabel, journalist, geopolitical analyst and American journalist recounts her experience in the Islamic nation and how it differs from pictures in Western media. One of the oldest and most culturally rich countries in West […]
Australians have voted against constitutional amendments that would have allowed Indigenous people to create an advisory body that could discuss issues of concern to them with government and Parliament, Australia’s National Tally Room reports. WE WELCOME READERS’ COMMENTS ON OUR STORIES Is apartheid (separation of the race) good […]
Israel and the Western Alliance are on final warning: There is still a chance to prevent the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from spilling over, Tehran believes. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has urged Apartheid Israel to end its airstrikes on Gaza, warning that the conflict with Hamas could spread across […]
MICHAEL WALSH – EX-MARINER Samuel Plimsoll (1824 – 1898) was an English politician and social reformer. He is best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line. This is a painted watermark on a ship’s hull indicating the ship’s maximum safe draught. If the weight of a loaded cargo pressed the vessel’s […]
A poorly dressed man asked for a ‘Suspended’ coffee in a cafe. I was very surprised when I learned what this meant! A few years ago, I sat with a friend in a small cozy cafe near the famous city of Venice. While we were enjoying incredibly delicious […]
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