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.
‘Morally and financially exhausted’ – Slovakia doesn’t have any more capacity to aid Ukraine. Popular support for helping Ukraine is lessening in Slovakia, President Čaputová said.
If the left-liberal opposition wins the upcoming elections, the religious freedom of Catholics in Poland may be violated, warns Polish columnist Goran Andrijanić. Left party MP Katarzyna Kotula posted on social media that if her party comes to power, they will ban prayer in front of hospitals and abortion clinics.
MICHAEL WALSH EXCLUSIVE: The English novelist L. P Hartley penned those immortal words, “The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.”
Instead of the uproar over the attempted murder of a British spy media might better re-focus on Britain’s apparent record of state-sponsored murder.
A Moroccan people smuggler established a ‘kingdom’ in Serbia, described as a fake state that issued fake passports. The head of the group coordinated smuggling and payments across several Middle Eastern and African countries.
JUST STOP LOOKING THE OTHER WAY! Still waiting for someone to explain:
– Where the flu went in 2020
– Why the global death count didn’t change in 2020
Hans Massaquoi grew up in National Socialist Germany. Born on January 19, 1926 in Hamburg where his grandfather had been Liberian consul general, Hans experienced Hitler’s rise to power and life in Germany during the war.
The collie breed of dog was very much part of Michael’s early life. His family owned an extensive farm near Moville in Donegal, Ireland. He recalls the very special status of the six or so collies that worked the farm with the landowners.
SPECIAL REPORT EUROPE RENAISSANCE EXCLUSIVE: The Orthodox Church Ukraine (OCU) temple in the Ivano-Frankivsk region has come under attack by Kyiv’s heavies using smoke bombs and nerve gas to attack and banish praying parishioners and their praying clergy.
An extra 13,000 state cops will be deployed to counter nationwide protests, the interior minister has announced: French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has ordered 13,000 police officers into the streets of France’s major cities as protests against the government’s controversial pension reforms continue. Darmanin said that he is expecting ’radical activists’ from abroad to instigate violence at the demonstrations but declined to reveal the source.
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