February 2022
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The song Russians has been going around in my head the last few weeks. Leaving aside the political message it is a beautiful song. The melody was inspired by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s Romance melody from the Lieutenant Kije Suite. In 2010, Sting explained that the song was inspired by watching Soviet TV via inventor
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I hear a lot of fear mongering in relation to vaccines. One argument given by some people for not taking a vaccine is that one of the side effect is death. Usually these arguments are given with the back up of a meme, but never with actual facts. It…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I usually do not do political blogs and this will probably be the only one I do, however I felt I had to write about the #metoo movement. ? I can see why this movement started and to an extend I agree with it. However what I find disturbing…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The definition of a drummer in most dictionaries is “A person who plays the drums” It doesn’t get more basic then that. A drummer is much more then that though. A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums. Most contemporary western bands that play rock, pop, jazz,…
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It is just a photo of a soldier with his family. One could easily dismiss this photograph as someone’s memory. A father who loved to smoke, a mother all dressed up and two well-dressed children—a boy and a girl. This photo could have easily been a picture of my grandfather with his family. Like the
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I have done blogs on Rheumatoid Arthritis before and I probably will do more in the future . It is something that the life of many, including me. However it is not the end of the world. It is merely a new chapter in your life if you get…
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Last Sunday I had the privilege to be invited to another presentation organised by The Ghetto Fighters’ House. The presentation was on Belzec concentration camp. A truly fascinating presentation, below is the information on the recorded session and the YouTube recording. “The Belzec Death Camp was the first of the three Operation Reinhard camps. As
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