History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Education is the key to a better world and to end ignorance and racism. However if education does not include an element of critical thinking, it is open to abuse and it can be used to indoctrinate young impressionable minds, or any impressionable mind really. This blog will refer to the education in the Third…
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Born Richard Starkey, Ringo got the first half of his nickname while playing in bands with Eddie Clayton and Rory Storm. They called him Ringo because he wore multiple rings on both of his hands. As for the second half of his name, Starr seems to be just a slight shortening of Starkey. However, the…
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This is going to be a bit of a deviation from my usual heavy historical blogs. It will all about music in this one. A great tune doesn’t always need to be accompanied by lyrics, sometimes the music itself does all the talking. These are just some of my favourite instrumental tracks.
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So you are young musician. You have had some success thus far ,but you are still struggling to get that all important first number one hit, that first megahit. You want to put your stamp on Rock and Roll, You just saw Elvis performing and you know he is the guy to beat when it…
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I would be lying if I would say that all Dutch opposed the Nazi occupiers because many were happy enough to follow the rules of the new lords of the land. However, many opposed the evil regime and especially opposed the way they treated their Jewish friends and neighbours. Organisations like Het Derde Front (The…
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This blog is about my Dad because it is Father’s Day. There is so much I could say about my Dad, and yet there is so little. For a long time, he had not been a part of my life—18 years, to be precise. Especially in the last years of those 18, I started to…
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Marijke Godschalk was born in Assen, the Netherlands, on June 18 1941. Less then 2 years later she would be dead. Not because she was ill or had been involved in an accident. She died because of someone’s idea of her. Although she looked like any other Dutch or even German girl, I would even…
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Regardless if you are a fan of the man or not, anyone who watched that match last night must have had an awful shock. Shortly before half time during the UEFA Euro 2020, group stage match between Denmark and Finland, the Danish midfielder and star player, Christian Eriksen collapsed. He was taken of the pitch…
