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.
Like Japanese infantrymen emerging from Far Eastern jungles Britain’s tabloids remain convinced that WW2 still rages. For most of us it is a fading memory but never to be forgotten the four women singers who evoke the troubled period like no other.
Four people were caught on film making the banned gesture at a beer festival in the state of Saxony. Shocked German state police and the state security service (BfV) have launched an investigation into National Socialist era salutes seen in video footage taken at a recent Oktoberfest celebration in the state of Saxony, according to media reports on Monday.
Julian Assange could face up to 175 years in an American maximum-security prison if he is extradited to the U.S. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday that his government is standing firm against the U.S. and its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over the journalist’s publication of classified U.S. military documents more than a decade ago.
Was there ever more elegance and style than when women wore fur stoles, veils and dress gloves? I am reminded of U.S. President Reagan’s wife Nancy Reagan when being received by the Pope. Wearing a veil this otherwise ordinary lady is transformed into an almost saintly figure.
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson told Swiss publication Die Weltwoche that the US government thwarted his plans to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Western weapons from Ukraine ended up in the hands of the mafia: During the Ukrainian conflict, NATO and EU countries supplied Kyiv with tens of billions of dollars worth of untraceable weapons. But, war always enriches mafia groups, writes Journal de la Corse.
For Argentineans who watched Greece’s humiliating fall from fiscal grace, there will be a distinct feeling of déjà-vu. Are they waiting for economic collapse in Biden’s America and the European Union? They will cast their minds back to December 2001 when Argentina; theoretically one of the world’s most promising economies, suffered a similar financial collapse
One of the most surprising discoveries for me was to learn that Franz Lehár, whose operas and waltzes compare with those of the Strauss family, lived and worked in my lifetime. Much as I love the melodies and waltzes from The Merry Widow and Wiener Frauen (Viennese Women) I was ignorant of the fact that Lehár was a contemporary of The Beatles and Elvis Presley.
If the economy collapses, you will lose access to credit and banks will close. Demand would outstrip the supply of food, gas, and other necessities. If the collapse affects local governments and utilities then water and electricity might no longer be available.
Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini spoke out at a rally in Italy against the tsunami of non-European mostly anti-Christian migrants. The speakers called for a united right for EU elections next year saying, ‘We are defending our peoples against the flood of migrants’.
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