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.
The average age at first marriage in the United States has risen from 25 for women and 27 for men in 2000 to 29 and 31 in 2021, and the average age at which women have their first child has increased from 25 to 30.
The Briton army veteran joined the notorious CIA-sponsored Azov regiment in 2018 and was detained near the city of Mariupol in the spring. Media reports: ‘A British man, who fought alongside the infamous xenophobic Azov regiment in Mariupol, has asked London for help in a video published by a Russian journalist over the weekend. Identified as John Harding, the man says he would otherwise ‘face the death penalty.’
Only one in six trust newspapers and TV fares even worse, a new Gallup survey shows. One out of six Americans trusts the newspapers and just one out of ten trust television, according to a recent Gallup survey. These are the lowest numbers since 1973 and 1993, respectively, with a drastic drop over the past year. There is also a widening gap in media trust between Democrats and the rest of the country.
Prime Minister contender Rishi Sunak and his wife: It now comes to light that Rishi Sunak’s wife was part owner of Lava Mayfair Club Ltd (a private membership gym), which collapsed last year owing almost £44million to creditors, including £374,000 to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
A new video from an elementary school in the Texas town of Uvalde, where 19 students and two teachers were gunned down in a mass shooting on May 24, shows that the police were in no hurry to take immediate action to stop the carnage, according to the New York Post. The recording also caught the moment when the police run down the corridor after the attacker opened fire on them.
Defibrillators are to be supplied to all state schools in England by next summer following a campaign by Oliver King’s family.
Europe is facing a toxic family of gas and economic crises writes Telepolis. And local politicians don’t know what to do about it. All their proposals testify to cowardice and desperation.
The Germans were horrified after Baerbock’s words about Russia. Overall, Spiegel readers are outraged by German Foreign Minister Baerbock’s refusal to ease sanctions against Russia. Readers of the national magazine Der Spiegel have criticized Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock for saying that sanctions on Russia will not be lifted and that Berlin will continue to support Ukraine.
Most readers and followers of the EUROPE RENAISSANCE news platform are likely unaware that its editorial team headed by Michael Walsh is a major source of powerful memes.
The authorities of the contested Zaporizhzhia region announced the ultimatum of the West to Zelensky. The Western Alliance have given Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an ultimatum. Under no circumstances must he surrender the city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) – otherwise military funding will be cut off.
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