Michael Walsh, compiler of Inspire a Nation Volume I and II, lived and worked in the shadow of the ruins of Dinas Bran castle. The ancient fort is situated in the town of Llangollen, a jewel set in the crown of the Berwyn Hills of Wales.
It is a gift we take for granted. It is a gift so commonplace that it tends to be overlooked when there is a need to say something meaningful to someone important in your life. It is one gift with one million choices.
The largest military operation in history commenced on 22 June 1941. Millions of German troops crossed the German-Soviet border and clashed with the Red Army. Adolf Hitler and German commanders expected to be able to defeat the Soviet Union in three months.
Books educate and inspire. Books help us to become better (or worse) human beings. Books are a mirror reflection of what we are. Show me a person’s bookcase and I know as much as I need to know about that person.
Writing and self-publishing are what it says on the can; you are your own publisher. It is your book; you are in complete control of your book’s presentation and publication. The copyright is yours as are the royalties. It is liberating and for many new authors, it can be profitable.
We are all familiar with Wrigley’s Chewing Gum but the story behind the Wrigley legend is well worth chewing over. I don’t have to hand the original so I fall back on memory.
From as far back as recall I was disadvantaged by an absence of savvy displayed by nationalist groups and their members including my own. Well-meaning and hardworking, self-sacrificing and loyal, there was, however, a woeful lack of political experience or willingness to learn. The same could never be said of the Left-wing who were far better trained.
I was in my twenties when the highly respected broadsheet (before tabloids) Daily Telegraph published a centrefold comparing ordinary not university education then (1960s) and 1900.
I make no apologies for spurning the pomp and pageantry that bull-horns Remembrance Sunday. There is much about the war that knows no political or national boundaries; war is a monument to human frailty, not strength.
The tributes I have received during the 53-years of political struggle, Mike Kampf as my wife calls it, are invariably respectful and complimentary and are a great source of pride for me.
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