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‘Oh starving children of Gaza’- A poem that invades and batters the hearts of all but the soul-dead
A statue of the Madonna with a child at Ripon Cathedral in Yorkshire. Three Mother and Child sculptures in copper by the York artist Harold Gosney attract a great response… Read more >
FAST ASLEEP BRITISH POLITICIANS COULD LEARN A LESSON FROM A SIGNIFICANT BUT LITTLE REMEMBERED EVENT IN YORKSHIRE IN 2007
The grave of Sir Mark Sykes at St Mary’s Churchyard at Sledmere, East Riding (Photo: Trevor Grundy) Seventeen years ago, scientists believed that lifting the lid from a lead-lined… Read more >
Marilyn Cantele – A brave and beautiful woman who we will always love and remember
Marilyn Cantele 1948-2014. Her funeral service was conducted by Father George Webster SJ at St Patrick’s Church Wapping on Wednesday 16 April, 2014. After the ceremony Marilyn’s devoted husband Gabriele… Read more >
Men Only Clubs – If only the Garrick had followed the example set by Marxist militants in Tanzania
Black power led to all clubs and societies opening up to black members in Tanzania – but it didn’t happen overnight. By Trevor Grundy So, after 193 years… Read more >
A rising tide of plastic waste is threatening sea-birds like never before
The endangered fulmar, a victim of our stupidity, greed and ignorance about wildlife By Trevor Grundy Member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) … Read more >
Britain 2011/2024: What will follow the imminent death of British and European multiculturalism?
The British Government is about to re-define what it means to be an extremist. TREVOR GRUNDY recalls that thirteen years ago, Angela Merkel and David Cameron made it clear that… Read more >
A LITTLE KNOWN FISH TAKES CENTRE STAGE IN A GROWING ROW BETWEEN BRITISH POLITICIANS AND DANISH FISHERFOLK
A puffin at Bempton Cliffs. This much loved sea bird, along with tens of thousands more, could face extinction. By Trevor Grundy BEMPTON CLIFFS, Yorkshire, England – –… Read more >
York’s Terrible Tower and the burning and slaughter of 150 Jews in March 1190
The stairway at Clifford’s Tower that leads people in 2024 back to the horrific events there in March 1190. (Picture: Trevor Grundy) By TREVOR GRUNDY YORK, England –… Read more >
Hail and farewell to Gerry Loughran – media legend and one of Kenya’s most decent of men
Obituary: Gerry Loughran (1935-2023) The British journalist who did so much to maintain high standards in post-colonial Kenya is pictured holding his book about the birth and the ups-and-downs of… Read more >
Welcome to Josef Stalin’s ‘Hotel California’ in Moscow
BOOK REVIEW: The Red Hotel -The Untold Story of Stalin’s Disinformation War by Alan Philps (Headline, 2023 pp. 464 £22.00) Review by Trevor Grundy The 4th century BC… Read more >