Donovan the Singing Poet weighed down by awards

MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT: British chart-topping 1960s + folk singer Donovan received a prestigious cultural award from the French Government. The hippy-era singer of poetic-style ballads once won the hearts of nations and clearly won French hearts too. Born 10 May 1946 the balladeer was first discovered on […]

MEDIA WALLOWS IN THE DANCE OF DEATH

MICHAEL WALSH GENUINE JOURNALISM SINCE 1983: Libyan rebels who jubilantly clambered over tanks destroyed by NATO air strikes made headlines. Ignorance is bliss for these tanks have likely been taken out by American A-10 aircraft known as ‘warthogs’. These foolish anti-Ghaddafi fighters were breathing residue from the 30mm depleted […]

The European Regimes that Sell the Family Silver

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 […]

SPAIN’S SHAMEFUL SECRET REVEALED

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 / […]