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.
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.
“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.
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.’
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.
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.
One of Kraków’s most unique and singular Christmas traditions is the popular creation of ‘Christmas cribs’ or ‘szopki.’ While many churches across the country display elaborate nativity scenes during the holiday season, ‘szopki krakowskie’ (as the local variety are called) are so idiosyncratic to Kraków, that they were just added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. Something of a strange cross between a nativity scene, gingerbread house and garish dollhouse, szopki krakowskie are the bizarre result of a slowly evolving folk tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages.
For weeks, the left-wing coalition in Rome quarrels over the use of the European Union Recovery Fund. Hence, the fund of which Italy is supposed to be the main beneficiary has become a new reason for tensions after months of disputes.
The Tyr rune has been declared a legal symbol, and the Nordic Resistance Movement’s freedom of assembly, expression and association will no longer be restricted, according to a Swedish court of appeal.
A Police Constable who has served almost 20 years in the force has spoken out against the way in which officers around the country are being used to enforce nonsensical, arbitrary rules on innocent members of the public.
An Australian infectious disease physician refused calls for the country to roll out a Covid-19 vaccination program faster than planned, arguing that Australia is in a different position to other nations.
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