* Eichmann, after his 1937 visit, reported: “The creation of a Jewish State must be prevented.”*He wrote glowingly of “the national and racial conscience” that he observed while amongst the Arabs. He swelled with pride at how “Nazi flags fly in Palestine and they adorn their houses w...
There are so many things happening today that aren’t easy to grasp without a working knowledge of the 75-year-old wartime forces that got them going in the first place. To me, the war is fascinating to study not because of what happened, but what it went on to influence. Which raise...
After our time at Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty we went over to see this location. A very small wedding was taking place with it in the background. I have my thoughts, but will leave it at that. The memorial is great and holds the names of those lives lost. I did not...
Completely destroyed in WW2, and totally rebuild in the period after that this is a very interesting place to learn more about Polish history. SomeOf the artefacts and collection items are original. Some of them have been restored to their original glory. I d...
I knew from the map that Everton was a kind of escarpment over the maritime plain, but being here at night offered a lovely view after a fun night in the safe standing Anfield Road end. A timeless place, heavy with legend no matter how many times you might come here and lose. Two ...
If losing fossil fuels completely, or nearly completely, is a risk for some of the world’s population, it might be useful to think through some of the things that go wrong. The following are some of my ideas about things that change, mostly for the worse, in a fossil fuel-deprived ec...
In the first two, I have hinted that Maxie was drawn to Criminology because of something that happened to her sister Susan – she was killed when they were teenagers and the crime was never solved. Maxie has always maintained that neither she nor the police tried hard enough to find out ...
Visitors can explore the old station which has an almost timeless interior. On display are many old machines used over the last century, along with a gallery that explains 33 things that happened first in Taiping. Well worth a look to discover the legacy of this small town that truly has ...
But here’s three albums that have been on repeat in our house.The Harrow and the HarvestbyGillian Welchhas been the whānau ‘wind down at night’ album for most of this year. Welch released the album after an eight year break from recording, as she felt nothing wasgood enough. This ...
New knitting project, homebaked rolls and seelen and a view of the bike race that happened just in our street On my plate i still have tomatoes and more tomatoes from our alottment garden, and zucchini of course. So we had lots of salad, with mozzarella, raw, as tomatoe sauce with ...