Something I had intended to set up 4 years ago, before retirement inertia set in. The present virus crisis has finally forced my hand.
Welcome to 'old' friends and new as we enjoy historical themes together.
Adventurers and Exiles _ The Great Scottish Exodus Marjory Harper A Pocket History of The Irish Famine Fiona Biggs PLUS a book...
I have consulted a number of sources for the lecture, 12th May, but here are three books you might enjoy. The Mammoth Book of Native...
The Myth of The Andalusian Paradise Dario Fernandez-Morena The Moors David Nicolle The Ottoman Empire 1326-1699 Stephen...
Good day William,
The possibility of bombing Auschwitz railway lines came up again in your recent lecture. Below is an abstract of an email I sent to Trudi a few years ago
"The possibility of bombing Auschwitz or the railway lines comes up repeatedly in Trudi's excellent presentations on the Holocaust. An event that took place simultaneously to the deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz was the airdropping of supplies for the Polish underground's uprising against the Nazis in August and September 1944.
Churchill Ordered the RAF and the South African Airforce stationed in Italy to carry out airdrops of arms and supplies to the Poles in Warsaw. In August and September 1944 they carried out 196 roundtrip flights,…
Naledi Pandor’s love for the communist ideology and wanting to gift Cuba R50m, money that could save children in your country from starvation. She wrote a short while ago: “The idea that by donating to Cuba, the government is taking money from South Africans is a SELFISH attitude..” What an outrageous statement, and what an insult to South Africa
I was interested in your account of the debacle at Slapton Sands and read further to find it was even more complex as German E-Boats attacked the Americans the following day. What a nightmare.
Hi William - thanks for your thought provoking and interesting lectures. They have been a life-line in these difficult times.
My concern rising out of your lecture today, plus my paranoia that is increasing all the time, is: what is the democratic countries of the world going to do about the rising muscle of China and it’s ambitions to control the world. Do you see a way that it will not succeed and, if so, how? I can almost accept the ambitions of Russia under Putin as I don’t think that he has the muscle or the organisational abilities or even the ambition to rule the world, but China is different. I
I would love to hear your thoughts, if…
thanks for answering my q about NATO.
your lecture was informative, clear, engaging and stimulating. TY
Q -what role should USA assume in european political/economic affairs?
Q- could Russia be incorporated into EU/US alliance. non aggression pact not perceived as appeasement?
Q- economic future of BR/EU?