Liverpool born poet and writer Michael Walsh traces his Liverpool roots back to 1865. This was the year his Irish great-grandmother arrived in the Second City of Empire. His parents were born at the turn of what was to become the most tumultuous century in history. Michael's father, Patrick, fought in three major conflicts before reaching his fortieth birthday. His mother, Kathleen, was a former nun turned gun-running renegade.
On leaving school at 15 years of age, Michael spent 12 weeks at the Merchant Navy School for Sailors in Sharpness, Gloucestershire. During his years at sea, he was to visit and work in over 60 countries.
The journalist and broadcaster since provided articles and columns for numerous magazines and international news media. In 2011 he was awarded Writer of the Year by the publishers of Euro Weekly News, Europe's highest-circulation newspaper of its kind. He has authored, edited and ghosted over 70 book titles.
An old man meets a young man who asks him: ‘Do you remember me?’ When the elderly man says no, he doesn’t remember him, the young man tells him he was his student, And the teacher asks: ‘Good! What do you do, what do you do in life?’ […]
THE BUSINESS BOOSTER: Being unable to see their business through customers’ eyes loses more business than the recession. So says Michael Walsh who for twenty years was a business vetting manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen. The biggest hemorrhage of assets is the loss of goodwill caused […]
I asked a friend who is heading towards his eightieth birthday what sort of changes he is feeling in himself? He sent me the following: 1. After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children and my friends, I have now started loving myself. 2. I have […]
A father passing by his son’s bedroom noticed the room was unusually clean before spotting an envelope prominently propped up on the pillow. It was addressed, as ‘Dad’. Fearing the worst, his fingers shook as he opened the envelope and he then slowly read the letter, with trembling […]
Denis Sefton Delmer (1904-1979), British chief propagandist after the capitulation of Germany in 1945 to the then German expert on international law Professor Grimm: ‘We won this war with atrocity propaganda and now we will start more than ever! We will continue this atrocity propaganda, we will increase […]
Today in the supermarket I came across a grandfather and his toddler grandson walking in front of me. The precocious child was screaming all the time and demanding something … At that, the grandfather stopped and said: ‘Calm down, Jack, you just need to calm down’. Even when […]
ENCOUNTERS WITH HUMANITY: It’s a very strange feeling how someone can be in your life for months or even years and then one day … all of a sudden not be there anymore. Maybe the relationship ended on good terms…. or maybe it was completely catastrophic. Either way, […]
WHO WILL SPEAK FOR EUROPE? . Will no one speak for Europe, We are a special breed, So many hate and denigrate, Pour scorn upon our seed, But who will stand and speak for us, Before we’re trampled in the dust, Oh, such a tragic fate. There’s just […]
The IRS decides to audit Grandpa and summons him to the IRS office. The IRS auditor was not surprised when Grandpa showed up with his attorney. The auditor said, ‘Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win […]
I had spent an hour in the bank with my dad, as he had to transfer some money. I couldn’t resist myself and asked, ‘Dad, why don’t we activate your internet banking?’ ”Why would I do that?’ He asked… I laughed: ‘Well, then you won’t have to spend […]
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