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Exclusive: Beaten and betrayed by Winnie Mandela, illegally imprisoned by Zambia’s President Kenneth Kaunda . . . how much longer will we turn our backs on this courageous African whistle-blower?
Amid the current international media focus on the marriage of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, the eye has again been taken off the ball of the murders committed by Mrs Mandela… Read more >
From the ‘Christian’ British Empire to the multi-cultural Commonwealth with millions of broken lives in-between
THE COLONIAL WORLD – A history of European Empires, 1780s to the Present by Robert Aldrich and Andreas Stucki (Bloomsbury, 2023 pp 536) Reviewed by TREVOR GRUNDY “Poor… Read more >
Mandela would have read this book even though students from Oxford and Cambridge universities say it should be banned
Nigel Biggar (left) whose controversial view on colonialism sheds fresh light on the man so many students at top universities most love to hate – Cecil John Rhodes Colonialism:… Read more >
Fake Hitler diaries on show to the public at the German National Archives in Koblenz
Forty years ago in April 1983, owners of some of Europe’s and America’s best-known newspapers rushed to buy and then publish the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler. But moments after… Read more >
The Red Flag is turning Blue as Sir Keir Starmer abandons Socialism and sets his eyes on Number 10 in 2024
Sir Keir Starmer with the man his spin doctors want British voters to forget, Jeremy Corbyn THE STARMER PROJECT – A Journey to the Right by Oliver Eagleton (Verso,… Read more >
Antisemitism: Prominent authors pick books that best tell the story of the world’s oldest and most lethal hatred
The best books on antisemitism 11 authors have picked their favorite books about antisemitism and why they recommend each book Memoir of a Fascist Childhood By Trevor Grundy Recommended by Richard… Read more >
‘Red List’ – New book gives a valuable insight into the world of M15 and the pro-communist wannabes it monitored
Book Review Red List – MI5 and British Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century by David Caute, Verso (2022) 404 pp. £25.00) Review by Trevor Grundy THE HISTORIAN and journalist… Read more >
Ndabaningi Sithole: Zimbabwe’s forgotten intellectual and leader
Jubilant supporters welcome Rev.Ndaabaningi Sithole back to the land of his birth in 1992 (Picture: Trevor Grundy) Guest writer of the month Tinashe Mushakavanhu, University of Oxford (Reproduced… Read more >
Winston Churchill: New book emphasises the dark side of Britain’s best-loved war-time leader
‘Winston Churchill – His Times, His Crimes’ by Tariq Ali (Verso, 419 pp. £25.00) Trevor Grundy reviews a book that could open the eyes of a new generation of… Read more >
Deeper research is required if we are to understand a brutal war that turned Rhodesia into Zimbabwe
BOOK REVIEW A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and fall of Rhodesia by Henrik Ellert and Dennis Anderson (Weaver Press, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2020 pp 412) by… Read more >