Mike
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 life-threatening issue is much more widespread than the public realises. The recent Dispatches programme and article in the Times by journalist Matthew Syed highlighted the plight of whistle-blowers in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) citing the case of Peter Duffy, a consultant surgeon, working for the Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust. Faced with failures at the trust in the emergencies department he expressed concern for patients who subsequently died from kidney sepsis.
Since childhood, we know that dolphins are among the smartest creatures on the planet. There are many examples of dolphins saving the lives of distressed humans floundering in the seas and near beaches.
New York City’s COVID vaccine mandate has sparked an alarming firefighter shortage after some 2,000 first responders took sick leave in protest of the city’s job for jab order. Frank Dwyer, the deputy commissioner of the New York City Fire Department, recently revealed that the number of firefighters simultaneously calling in sick was ‘very unusual.’
The former model country has turned into a real nightmare since 2005 as violent crime has exploded higher. After examining data from the Swedish Crime Prevention Council, Germany’s Bild newspaper writes that ‘Sweden is the most dangerous country in Europe.’
The Virginia school board at the centre of a row over its gender-affirmation policies and alleged critical race theory (CRT) curriculum has been accused by a parent of teaching primary schoolers that white people are born evil.
Taking the weight off her tired legs the elderly woman leaned down on a chair in a restaurant and put her heavy bags with groceries behind her.
Two European cities saw major protests against compulsory coronavirus health passes on Saturday, with record-sized crowds once again taking to the streets to decry the measure in Paris and Milan.
The gasbags heading to Scotland for the COP26 climate summit from where they aim to claim to save the planet from greenhouse gases will generate outsized emissions themselves by employing private jets for the trip.
MINSK, October 26. / TASS /. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is concerned about the appearance of NATO heavy armour, troops and in particular missile-charged Leopard tanks on the western border with the Republic of Belarus.
Remembrance Day was originally intended to remind us of the futility of war. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month marked the time the Armistice was signed at the end of WWI, or, as it was known at the time, The Great War, the war to end all wars.
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