History

  • A Recipe for French Onion Soup Ingredients: 6 large onions, noble in stature, sliced with care2 tablespoons of butter, as golden as the sun in the sky2 cloves of garlic, minced with artful hand4 cups of beef broth, rich and deep, akin to the best of life’s nectar1 cup of white wine, for the soul’s

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  • Throughout history warning signs have been ignored over and over again. It is very important to keep history alive but it is even more important to learn from it, alas that is the one thing that is often forgotten. People often think that the warning signs of the Nazi regime were only there since 1933,others

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  • When a nation destroys its own culture it does a lot more than destroy the cultural fabric, it also destroys the soul of the nation, especially when it comes to the musical and cultural heritage. When it murders the artist who performs this cultural legacy, a part of that soul will be lost forever. Magda

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  • I probably could do a whole essay on how Guus van der Wijk and Mina de Vries met, and at some stage I probably will, but for now it suffices to say they were extremely brave people, in fact in my eyes they are heroes. Despite the knowledge that there was a great chance they

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  • The Republic of Ireland was and still is a neutral country but during WWII there were many Irish volunteers who fought with the allies against the Axis power.Like The first RAF bomber pilot to be shot down and killed in 1939 was Willie Murphy from Cork. His navigator, Larry Slattery, from Thurles, became the longest-serving ‘British’

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  • I pride myself to be a bit of a movie buff, but to my amazement I had never heard of this Oscar nominated and ‘Photo Play-Medal of Honor’ winner. Today marks his 140th birthday. He has been credited for directing at least 124 movies and shorts, which is an amazing feat by any measure. Herbert

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  • On January 14,1942  U123 surfaced so close to New York Harbor that the rides at Coney Island could be seen silhouetted against the evening sky. Captain Reinhard Hardegen expected the U.S. east coast to be blacked out after more than a month at war and was surprised to see the glow in the sky from

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  • The Clock’s Paradox

    Time drips like honey from a spoon,Then races past a silver moon—One breath, a blink, a silent year,Another stretched in quiet fear. A moment laughs, then takes its leave,The next one lingers, makes you grieve.A summer gone in children’s cheers,A winter carved from frozen tears. It waits in line, then leaps ahead,It fills the heart,

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  • Cannibal turned vegetarian

    Armin Meiwes placed an ad on “The Cannibal Cafe” website asking for someone to eat, and shockingly, someone answered. ++Before you read on you might want to put down your sandwich first++ To the family next door, Armin Meiwes seemed the perfect neighbour. He mowed their lawn, repaired their car and even invited them round

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