Musical Notes: John Field
Have you ever relaxed as your ears breathed in the dreamiest piano music imaginable? The John Field (1782~1837) experience is to enjoy the most sensual massage by the world’s most gifted masseur.
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.
Freedom of Speech Candles Extinguished
Freedom and freedom of speech, in particular, has been a luxurious and rare commodity in the history of humankind. It has, however, appeared fairly abundantly in the history of Europe and in the broadly defined West.
Mad Museum removes Irish Hero’s Hat
The museum removed the cap which had been on display for decades for ‘ethical reasons’ as it had visible signs of blood and organic brain matter that stained the original user’s headwear. Blood and organic matter residue are visible on the back of the cap at the point where the fatal bullet entered Collins’s head.
The World’s Longest Voyage by Canoe
Don Starkell wasn’t the kind of guy to shy away from improbable odds. So when people told him his dream of paddling a canoe from Winnipeg to the Amazon was impossible, it fuelled his determination to do it. The epic trip would stretch nearly 20,000 kilometres, through 13 countries, and would include life-threatening tropical storms, fierce waves and a near-execution in Honduras.
Why do European monarchs wear Russian ‘kokoshniks’? (PHOTOS)
At official functions, European royalty can often be seen wearing tiaras that resemble an old Russian headdress called the kokoshnik. In Russia, empresses and grand duchesses wore this kind of tiara beginning from Catherine the Great’s rule during the second half of the 18th century. Outside of Russia, the fashion for the tiare russe developed thanks to Queen Alexandra, the wife of King Edward VII and sister of the Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Alexander III. Some of those tiaras still include the word “kokoshnik” in their official names, although they never actually belonged to any members of the Russian royal family
Silicon Valley Bolsheviks are about to be humbled
Nerds know that Tim Berners-Lee is a pretty important figure in the technology world. After all, he’s the father of the Internet, responsible for the birth of the World Wide Web as we know it. And he hates what it has become. So he’s taking some action to fix it.
People beg us to bring our country back to normal
“Most difficult Christmas for Italians since the war”- Salvini.
Charity Begins at Home says Matteo Salvini: Instead of helping fake migrants, the Italian government should concentrate on helping its own people with adequate measures tailored to counteract the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, League leader Matteo Salvini told conservative Hungarian daily Magyar Hírlap.
Fear and Uncertainty in the Serpent’s Head
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is based near Geneva in money-laundering Switzerland; a nation-lair for The Untouchables. Wikipedia describes the Forum as ‘an international Non-Government Organisation (unelected and unaccountable) founded in 1971.’
Russian doctors demand probe into Covid-19 patients jumping from high rise buildings
Russia and Ukraine has seen a number of Covid-19 patients fall to their deaths.
The latest, one of Russia’s oldest war heroes, had recently been discharged.
Russian doctors are now calling for an investigation into the suicide cases.
They want to look into whether Covid-19 can cause neuropsychiatric disorders.
The Cruel Sinking of the Liners Built for Joy
75 years ago, on January 30, 1945, in the Danzig Gulf of the Baltic Sea, the Soviet submarine S-13 under the command of Captain 3rd Rank Alexander Marinesko sank the German transport Wilhelm Gustloff.
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