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 Daily Mail’s travel section once invited readers to identify the world’s most beautiful country. The surprising but obvious choice was Latvia. The nation dubbed ‘The Canada of Europe’ recovered its independence from the Soviet Bloc in August 1991. The Latvians right to take care of their affairs ended when their small but beautiful nation was coerced into joining the European Union Bloc in 2004.
In the past month, Germany’s leftist-controlled government, looking to crush its main ideological adversary, has started to use every tool at its disposal to crush the ethnic-nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
At a time when the alliance between Hungary and Poland appears to be growing in strength, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki greeted the Hungarian people in an online address to the Hungarian nation on the occasion of the Memorial Day of the 1848 Revolution in Hungary, which is commemorated on March 15.
On May 2, 1945, the German Armed Forces – not the government had capitulated, overwhelmed by the combined forces of the Soviet Union, British Empire and industrial-military might of the United States.
Missed by mainstream media is increasing evidence of police services across Europe downing baton and shields and joining the people’s resistance.
Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths are rapidly falling in many countries, but some governments have been in no rush to return liberties and rights to their citizens. They must be held to account.
Constant underfunding in health systems across Europe, and a failure to invest in medical staff left the continent-wide open to the Covid pandemic, a report from the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated in Ireland for more than a millennium. It was a time to cut loose during the Catholic Lent season, and as such it quickly became synonymous with Irish food and drink.
A confidential document by Spain’s Civil Guard warns about the high probability of growing social unrest over the coming months, which could result in isolated protests and street disturbances. The document was drafted in response to security measures during the coronavirus process, which is expected to last until late June if there are no new spikes in transmission.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants fewer white men working in science and engineering. His plan to fix the situation has sparked a furious backlash online. Bizarrely, supposedly British mainstream media which invariably have an opinion on everything merely report this news without editorial comment. The conclusion is there’s eloquence in silence.
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