MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT. Is The Phantom of the Opera based on a true story? Yes and no — the plot of The Phantom of the Opera is fictional but parts are inspired by true stories and legends. While everything in the musical did not actually happen, many elements of the show […]
MICHAEL WALSH BOOKS ARE BANNED IN THE WEST: Scientists are on the brink of discovering the reason why we age and die. The secrets of immortality are soon to be revealed but will the breakthrough lead to the biggest dilemma ever faced by humankind? Who lives and who […]
Helen Duncan was a Scottish medium who held spiritual séances during World War II. Victoria Helen McCrae Duncan 25 November 1897 – 6 December 1956) was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735 for fraudulent claims. HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT OUR UPDATED HOME […]
Life was uncluttered in the 60s and 70s. But, when they said technology would make life even easier, we sheeple believe them. Is that so? For twenty years I kept appointments with businesses scattered around four British counties. Before leaving my home I used my dog-eared £4.95 A […]
MICHAEL WALSH POET AND AWARD-WINNING WRITER There are two things certain in life so it is said; death and taxes. To this might be added regrets and who better to ask what these misgivings might be than the brave nurses in palliative care. What are deathbed laments of […]
A poorly dressed man asked for a ‘Suspended’ coffee in a cafe. I was very surprised when I learned what this meant! A few years ago, I sat with a friend in a small cozy cafe near the famous city of Venice. While we were enjoying incredibly delicious […]
MICHAEL WALSH EX-BRITISH MARINER: Underwater archaeologists from Parks Canada have explored one of the two wrecks of the Royal Navy, the Erebus. He was part of the unfortunate 1845 British expedition across the Arctic. The vessel, one of two got stuck in the ice near King William Island along […]
MICHAEL WALSH INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM Fifty-year-old Alistair Beckham was a successful British aerospace-projects engineer. His speciality was designing computer software for sophisticated naval defense systems. Like hundreds of other British scientists, he was working on a pilot program for America’s Strategic Defense Initiative-better known as Star Wars. And like […]
MICHAEL WALSH SPECIAL FEATURE There is much that governments and their agencies do that we shall never be privy to as it is ‘not in the public interest.’ Such secrecy and taboos include the dark arts of government policy when re-arranging the world to their liking. Governments and […]
It is always sad to read of needless deaths by drowning. Most drownings were avoidable. Such tragedies are common but most heart-rending are the many people who die not through drowning but through lack of knowledge. Those more aware of how to respond in a difficult situation would […]
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