Collingrove is in the beautiful, leafy green, rolling hills of the Barossa Valley – Mount McKenzie to be precise – a notable wine growing region 80km north-east of Adelaide. First used in 1952, it’s 750 metres long, the climb is tight, up and down and has held the Australian hill...
The Acolyte is our big release this month. (Image credit: Lucasfilm) What’s new on Disney Plus? June brings us what could well be one of Disney’s biggest releases of the year: The Acolyte, a Star Wars series that transports us into the franchise’s “High Republic” era for a ...
Another era well visible in Kaunas is that of theinterwar independent Lithuania. Vilnius was captured by Poland in 1920 and Kaunas became a temporary capital “until Vilnius is liberated”. As such it expanded swiftly (population increased by 66% in mere 16 years) and received many n...
both, in 1946 had “justified the murder of six million Jews of Europe,”*and another Henchmen post WW2 (at AHC) – Issa Nakhleh, Nazi-regime fan*, was the major torch-carrier of Arab-Nazi collaboration 1960s-1980s.***–*–*** * 1947...
Although citizens of South Africa were excited for the end of colonialism in the country in the 1960s, they would not have been if they knew about the extreme system of apartheid that would escalate as colonialism ended. Apartheid was a system in South Africa that lasted from the late 1940...
THE SPIES OF CAIRO This is the working title for my new book set mainly in WW2 Cairo. I lived in Egypt for a while and fell in love with its ancient history and culture and of course the food and souks. I had started another novel when I decided to put it aside (I will return ...
In a couple of weeks, a friend (who I have not seen since 1985) and I, will be meeting in Melbourne and driving back to Perth. The holiday is the drive. We will be following the coast all the way, incorporating a helicopter ride over the Twelve Apostles (so-called, although there ...
I think that most of the longevity advice we’ve been given is total garbage. This morning, I was surprised as I spoke with a friend whose mom had an objectively hard life – the kind typical of the WW2 era. She had immigrated from Europe, was orphaned, struggled her entire life in ...
So what is the deal with the Heimlich? Well, Dr. Henry Heimlich lives in Cincinnati, and as of this writing he is 95 years old. He is wierdly related to some very cool people (perhaps not). First of all, he is the uncle of Anson Williams, better known as “Potsie” from the 70...
Post-Short People Randy Newman—When your early stuff is so great, there will always be an inevitable drop off. But that does not explain the self-parody of Newman’s LA years. Artist Album Year 5th Dimension The Magic Garden 1967 AC/DC If You Want Blood You’ve Got It 1978 AC/DC ...