by David West | Mar 30, 2025 | News
NATO is in the news at the moment. Certainly we in Europe need to fund our own defence. Winston Churchill worked long and hard to bring the U.S. into World War II, but ultimately it was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour which did it. I took part in a couple of NATO...
by David West | Mar 29, 2025 | News
The 29th of March, 1951, was the day of the Hypnosis Murders in Copenhagen. This grabbed my attention because my third book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, The Suggested Assassin, is on a very similar theme. I have been fascinated by hypnosis since watching a...
by David West | Mar 28, 2025 | News
My post yesterday was about the Solidarity movement in Poland, and the Cold War. The 28th of March, 1795, was an earlier significant day in the history of Poland. The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceased to exist and...
by David West | Mar 27, 2025 | News
On the 27th of March, 1981, the Solidarity movement in Poland staged a warning strike. Twelve million workers left their jobs for four hours. It was the beginning of the end of the Cold War. The Solidarity movement in Poland stands as one of the pivotal forces in the...
by David West | Mar 26, 2025 | News
On the 26th of March, 1484, William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop’s Fables. The name Aesop is synonymous with moral tales and stories that have transcended generations, offering wisdom and insights into human nature. Although there is much debate around the...
