Feb 13, 2026
Brendan Bracken, one of Winston Churchill’s closest friends, was the son of a prominent Irish nationalist. He ran away from school as a child and reinvented himself as an Australian schoolteacher. Brendan served as Britain’s Minister of Propaganda during...
Aug 4, 2025
See here for more stories of Dublin’s Docklands ***** Walking the Docklands today, many newcomers find themselves looking twice at the name of a street called ‘BLOOD STONEY ROAD’. It all sounds rather grim. However, the road is in fact dedicated to one of the...
Jul 2, 2025
Nick Ut’s harrowing photograph of Kim Phuc. These words of a Thich Nhat Hanh express a great truth. ‘We often think of peace as the absence of war … yet if we look deeply into the weapons, we see our own minds, our own prejudices, fears and ignorance. Even if we...
Jun 9, 2025
A study of the Micks first two years in action in the Great War, as seen through the eyes of Lord Desmond FitzGerald, an officer, with attention to key battles such as Mons, Retz, La Bassée Road, Neuve Chapelle, Givenchy, Festubert, and Loos. Also homing in on figures...
Dec 16, 2024
In 1861, Edward VII (then the Prince of Wales) spent 10 weeks at Curragh Camp, Ireland, where he engaged in a brief affair with Nellie Clifden, one of the camp’s notorious “Curragh Wrens.” Their liaison sparked scandal, impacting Edward’s relationship with his...
