MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT: Neda Ukraden the beautiful chanteuse was born on 16 August 1950). Neda is a Serbian-Croatian singer. Her professional career stretches back to 1967. Neda Ukraden was born in Glavina Donja, a village near the small Croatian town of Imotski, to Serb parents Anđelija (1924–2018) and Dušan Ukraden (1927–1997). She lived in Imotski […]
MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC REPORT Renewed enthusiasm for national identity expressed through music lies behind the current craze for Amalia Rodrigues Portugal’s Queen of Fado. The international fame and appeal of the chanteuse fame once eclipsed French soul-singing waif Edith Piaf and Nana Mouskouri of Greece. Amalia. The Film, […]
MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT. When a member of the pretentious Talk Classical forum dared to ask what others thought of the light classical impresario Andre Rieu there was an outraged response. It took a brave soul to say a kind word about the man who, in 2009, was […]
MICHAEL WALSH DISSIDENT JOURNALIST: We often talk about a country’s assets fuelling prosperity; its industrial might and its natural resources, its economic know-how; its pivotal trading position; its geographical location, and its technology. Sadly. People – yes people, the greatest asset is nowhere to be seen on the […]
MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT: As the molten evening sun settles over Seville’s Plaza de Espana the melancholic melody of a guitar completes the rapture. Your head swims with delight to Sueno en la Floresta (Dreams in the Magic Garden). As T.S Elliot observed: ‘Music heard so deeply / […]
MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT: Musically nothing evokes the Spanish experience as does Richard Harvey’s melody Concerto Antico; especially when it is played by John Williams, the internationally acclaimed guitarist. The sincerest form of flattery being imitation, this guitar concerto is adorned in a rich filigree of Spanish lace. […]
MICHAEL WALSH EX-MARINER: The U.S. space agency NASA once spent millions developing a pen that would write upside down or in a non-atmosphere environment. The Russians replied; ‘we use a pencil.’ A friend once boasted that if you pressed a little button on his new watch the hands […]
Princess Leonor of Spain, 17, swaps royal glamour for military uniform as she takes a major step as queen-in-training according to the Tatler periodical. As part of her training as the future queen of Spain, Princess Leonor will spend time with all three branches of the armed forces. […]
MICHAEL WALSH has been putting pen to paper for over 60 years during which time he has earned awards and international recognition for his media columns, news stories – and his poetry. Until his poetry – and other literary works were banned by Amazon and LULU online publishers, […]
Apart from traditional festive church services, Russians also have a tradition of Epiphany dips, when people cut cross-shaped holes in the ice of water bodies, the churchmen bless the water, and on the eve of the Epiphany, after going to a church, people dip thrice into the freezing water, crossing themselves before each dip.
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