Many Europeans now Miss the Soviet Bloc
Disturbingly, those with present experience of life in the Soviet Union from the 1970s to the collapse of the USSR in 1990 are nostalgic about their life in the former Soviet Bloc.
Westminster’s War against Anti-Vaxxers
Britain’s Labour Party, the only contender for power in parliament, is to mount a campaign that will make it illegal to publish in any form criticism of the Westminster regime’s promotion of vaccination.
The Barrel Organ Played
The history of Barrel organs’ creation extends back over several hundred years. Historians from different countries are still arguing about where and how this mechanism and its design was invented.
You can have any colour but White
London’s top cop has been told that a stringent 40 percent of new recruits to the Metropolitan Police must be drawn from the ethnic majority as the city’s government looks at ways to combat what the Asian-led regime describes as racism and discrimination.
Day of National Mourning in Germany
The date of this event is unique for each year. It was usually celebrated on the penultimate Sunday of November. In 2020, this date is on November 15th. Volkstrauertag (Day of National Mourning) is a national day of memory in Germany. It is celebrated in mid-November and is now a reminder of the need for reconciliation, understanding and peace. The history of this day is complex and ambiguous.
True Heroes of Iwo Jima
No less than 254 years have passed since, in 1776, there came about the boisterous birth of the United States. During the quarter of a millennium since that date the U.S. has known only 21 years of peace.
The Ottery Tar Barrels Burning Festival
Every year on November 5th, for reasons lost in antiquity, the villagers of Ottery St Mary, Devon in England’s West Country race through the streets carrying heavy barrels full of flaming tar in one of the quirkiest of British traditions. The West Country has a history of torchlight processions and a tradition of burning barrels and rolling them down the streets, but Ottery is the only village where barrels aren’t rolled but carried above the head. The tradition is believed to have started in the 17th century, possibly when someone decided that rolling barrels were tame and carrying barrels on the shoulders was far more appealing.
Water Cannon but Whites Only
Things got heated when a massive Covid-19 sceptic march in the German city of Frankfurt was met with a counter-protest by notorious Antifa rowdies. The police had to muscle in too, and on this occasion using water cannon to separate the sides and making arrests.
Death and mystery of the Black Prince’s treasures
On November 14, 1854, during a severe storm off the coast of Balaklava, the 2,700-tonne vessel, HMS Prince did not have time to take shelter. Helpless against the raging storms that frequent the Black Sea, the recently-built vessel was swept on to the rocks and soon afterwards sank beneath the waves.
Astrid Lindgren and the characters in her fairy tales.
On 14 November 1907, the famous Swedish children’s writer Astrid Lindgren was born. She created such memorable characters as Pippi Longstocking, Emil i Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, the Six Bullerby Children, The Brothers Lionheart and many others.
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