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The Prague defenestrations (1) The act of defenestration isn’t an exclusively Bohemian trait but the Czechs seemed to have taken up this unusual form of political assassination up wit… Read More

The Prague defenestrations (2) The more famous of the Bohemian defenestrations occurred on 23rd May 1618 and had catastrophic consequences for the lives of millions in Middle Europe. Religi… Read More

Gaspard II de Coligny (1519 – 1572) Gaspard, a nobleman who could claim descent from the likes of Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror, became another victim of the fierce confl… Read More

A 51 year old Chaldean catholic priest was arrested in Canada. Amer Saka of the St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church was raising funds for refugees who escaped from the war zone. Saka had bee… Read More

A statue of the Virgin Mary with red liquid flowing from its eye, down its face has shocked devotees in Argentina. The statue was placed in its usual place at a family chapel in Los Naranjos… Read More

In Cumberland the ability to roll a marble an exact distance is highly prized. The climax of the marble rolling season is the Carlisle Round on the last weekend of August. The roads around t… Read More

Carnival is the final festivity before the commencement of the 40 days of Lent, during which Roman Catholics abstained from eating meat. Carnival either has its roots in a primitive festival… Read More

Foix was the hometown of the woman who probably epitomises how far ahead of their time the Cathars were. Esclarmonde de Foix was born around 1160 and had six children with her husband before… Read More

So the first half of the year is almost over! Where has the time gone? I really don't know - I'm sure it was only January last week! But with the second half of the year comes more book… Read More

Melaka or Malacca Melaka or sometimes spelt as “Malacca” has recently been listed as one of the UNESCO historical sites with Penang. There is a lot see and stepping in the histor… Read More

What separates the casual writer from the professional one is the commitment to daily writing. But sometimes it’s more of a challenge to get the words flowing. If nothing triggered you… Read More

Fight in the Goodwill – Fierce Fiction by Lane Mullin –  The window display in the Goodwill relied on an imaginative employee. Sometimes washed, occasionally smokey, and al… Read More

Bachelor Party – Fierce Fiction by Derek Dubois – Sometimes it comes in fits and starts and sometimes all at once in a deluge, but when you’re edging thirty years old… Read More