For the past six or seven years, I’ve been fascinated with World War One. So much so that I’ve written three novels centred on that horrifying world conflict. And still it haunts me. Initially, I concentrated on understanding my grandfather’s experience and his role in the Signal Corps but I… Read More »Bringing one soldier’s experience to life by M.K. Tod
Robert Emmet was only twenty-five when he was brutally executed by the British in the middle of a busy road – Dublin’s Thomas Street – on 20 September, 1803. He had been the leader of an abortive uprising that summer and also managed to evade capture for several weeks afterwards,… Read More »Liberty Boy by David Gaughran
Imagine the horror and uncertainty which Americans experienced on 9/11 — but without modern communications — and you can begin to understand what the country felt on Dec. 7, 1941, as they began to get news of the attack on Pearl Harbor which plunged them into World War II. Teletype… Read More »A Midwestern City Gets News of the Pearl Harbor Attack by M. Ruth Myers
Do you believe in prophetic dreams? I never used to believe in them, but then something happened that forever changed my mind and convinced me otherwise. I dreamed the lottery numbers. Yes, I did! In my dream, a friend approached me with a lottery ticket we had purchased together. He… Read More »Do You Believe in Prophetic Dreams? by Mirella Sichirollo Patzer
Before 1933, the Communist Party of Germany, the KPD, was a significant political party in Germany, with 100 seats in the Reichstag. Their main rivals were the NSDAP, the right wing Nazi Party. Running battles between the two groups were commonplace in the streets of every major city in Germany.… Read More »The KPD and The Red Orchestra by JJ Toner