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.
How odd, I thought, as I chanced upon a vocation that I had never before heard of. The smartly dressed young woman at the adjacent business fair stand explained her mission in life. If I required her services, she would accompany me to the city’s department stores. During […]
Faithful unto death I lacked the sense, experience and chutzpah to deviate from the course set for me by the ship’s 2nd Officer. That U.S. warship was going to get out of my way or it was going straight to Davy Jones’s locker in fore and aft pieces.
As the night’s entertainment arrived, I glanced at my watch; it was 9.40pm. Rarely did I visit a pub on my own but that night I was at a loose end and I thought, why not. A man’s spirit and his mortality embrace whilst gazing at the bar’s […]
Where and when appropriate I greet a lady by the simple courtesy of raising the back of her hand to near my lips. For many, it is a first experience that has so far brought pleasure. I wonder how many women have had a hat raised in greeting […]
One of the rarest terms in the English language is, ‘I don’t know.’ Very few people are wise enough to concede that they are clueless about a topic but are prepared to learn from those who do know. I admit to being clever at very little. I am […]
Never forgotten was the drama as the Enugu Palm skimmed a row of moored freighters at the quays of the Ivory Coast port of Abidjan. The mariner on the wheel of that fateful day in June 1965 tells the story as it unfolded. MIKE WALSH: Had it not […]
WORKING CLASS COMMONSENSE: Despite political and massive Press propaganda on ‘green issues’ the promotion of electric vehicles has proven to be a disaster for the automotive industry but a victory for commonsense buyers. In common with other European nations Poland and Czechia are slow to adopt e-cars – […]
UNCONTROLLED NEWS: The patient woke up several hours before she was disconnected from life support. A 32-year-old woman in the UK woke up a few hours before she was taken off life support, surprising her family and doctors, My London reports. Emma Price’s brain was damaged after she […]
EDITOR: Yesterday whilst at the seafront I watched and listened to a busker. As I dreamed, he put his heart and soul into playing his melodies: I thought better than many a paid-for concert instrumentalist. Putting years of practice into entertaining idlers and passersby I thought of his […]
FREE CITIZENS NEWS FUNDED BY READERS: Viewed as a financial threat to conventional healthcare services alternative medicine are making a comeback. Furthermore, centuries-old and tested traditional healthcare methods such as herbalism show positive results. Herbalist remedies succeed where Big Pharma healthcare ~ in which the elite invest and the […]
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