O’Connell Street is undoubtedly the heart of Dublin. Not just of the city’s life present and past, but of her history too. Here, memories meet our time
GANG ROUNDUP (May 2017) What’s new in the Diesel Era in the month of May. New novels out, article about the Easter Reising and the disaster of the Hindenburg (80th annyversary). First experimentation with film colour in the 1920s
Ennio Trivellin was interned in Mauthausen Concentration Camp with his father because of their political standing. they both survived the ordeal.
Jim Thorpe is considered the ultimate athlete, who won everything at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912… and whose records are not in the Olympic books
“Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.” – Pierre de Coubertin
Tourists tend to think that Ireland is mostly her Celtic past. But for the Irish, the true heart of Ireland lies here, between the walls of Kilmainham Gaol
The Cliffs of Moher are among the most breathtaking sights of Ireland. A place of natural beauty and surprising Irish history.
The Berlin Holochaust Mahnmal is an amazin, deeply touching place. Not a monument, but a place to be lived, a place to go and remember
THE DEVIL AND THE ARENA OF VERONA – The Arena has stood in Verona for some 2000 years, she’s an old lady with a lot of history., and some of it is as dark as it gets.
PICTURES FROM IRELAND – A book of photos from my 2015 visit to Ireland: Dublin, Limerick, Cliffs of Moher, Rock of Cashel
70 years ago, Auschwitz was liberated