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Ghost of Hitler blocks search for truth in Germany 75 years after end of World War Two
Germans are being asked to help find the memories of the little people whose lives are the backbone of history. But the haunting spirit of Adolf Hitler and the murder… Read more >
Public life in Britain sinks as low as the country’s best-known playwright can remember
David Hare – one of Britain’s most outspoken men of letters By Trevor Grundy London, April 24, 2020 – – – David Hare, arguably Britain’s best known and most… Read more >
Auf Wiedersehn, pet: Uncertainly over Brexit causes surge in Britons seeking German citizenship
All together for the time being – German, British and EU flags flying at the harbour at Thessaloniki in Greece (Picture: Trevor Grundy) By Trevor Grundy (Canterbury, England June… Read more >
Mike Auret: Campaigner who challenged human rights abusers in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe
Mike Auret: Campaigner who challenged human rights abusers in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe By Trevor Grundy Mike Auret, the Chairperson of the Justice and Peace Commission in the Catholic Bishops’… Read more >
People with a fighting spirit can beat the virus – “A myth that needs de-bunking” says top TV presenter
By Trevor Grundy London, April 9 (2020) – – – It has been rightly said that Truth is the first casualty of war, to which we might add “and God… Read more >
Seventy years on and Camus’s The Plague still has the power to make us change our lives
Seventy years on and Camus’s The Plague still has the power disturb and change our ways By Trevor Grundy Books should be reviewed when they’re relevant, not just… Read more >