Gee thanks for that Mom and Dad. Good job. I remember pre EU travel and doing business. My thirty year snapshot of Britains EU membership…
The 3rd of July has a special significance for anyone who remembers the Iran Iraq war and the circumstances of the conclusion to that stalemate…
Press release: Hugo Fernandes new album. What I love Hugo Fernandes is a thirty five-year veteran singer and guitarist. Born to perform music, he started…
Road trip. Heading for Peach Tree in Arizona for a visit to the Colorado river in the Grand Canyon. My first stop on Route 66…
Who can forget the story of Captain William McGonagle and his crew on the USS Liberty, on this day, June 8, 1967, 34 American crewmen…
Many words have been spoken about US Gun Law, some by myself, over a thirty year period. Here’s my thinking. The issue that brings gun…
Later today I am going to the Hollywood Bowl to see Paul Simon on his farewell tour. His bass player is Bakhiti Kumalo who I…
The story of Sophie Scholl has fascinated me for many years. Such courage and dignity in one so young and so lovely makes a refreshing…
In the US today school children are protesting along with their parents. I watch with interest. I stopped to take this picture and the mum…
Just when you think you know a bit about fascists and their ways, there’s always another story to surprise. Polish dancer and Extermination camp victim,…
My Browning and Gun Law is one of the 17 stories included in full in this book; that includes elements from this blog. The Three…
In the course of my efforts helping homeless in Southern California I came across a fellow, thin, old and hirsute. A long grey pony tail…
Historical accusations of sexual impropriety are trending. Harvey Weinstein is an awful sexual predator who is in the news daily. Turns out his pro Zionist…
We are so busy being misled by reality TV shows targeting a 10 year old reading limit, we forget the marvelous rich legacy of Americans…
This picture was taken in 1982 in South Africa, when I was 21, in the straw roofed rondavel at the farmhouse in Chartwell, north of…
A true story published by the SUN for the Albany barmaid, Melanie. The year was 1993. I was a professional musician and studio owner with…
In this extract from One Day in Paris, Ahmed Mansour, the child of parents killed by the IDF in a cross border raid against the…
Hubert Lanz was a conventional high achieving Nazi officer. Catholic. Fascist. Well educated. High intelligence. Right wing politics. He rose to the rank of General….
In August I fulfilled a long standing interest in visiting Distomou, a small village close to Delphi, some four hours drive from Athens. I went…
In April 2006 my lovely Wallace was kidnapped from right in front of my home. The Irish Gypsies were in town with the Fair and…
Six crewmen from “853” survived. “853” is a Douglas-Tulsa B-24H-15-DT Liberator, s/n 41-28853, attached to the 783rd Bomb Squadron, 465th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force….
A song about the the ongoing presence of the dearly departed. A friends Mother had died and she told me ‘She is not gone. She’s…
If you are a Trumpeter I know 10 things about you. 1. YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING RULED AND BEING GOVERNED: The single…
Let it Rain. Written by Andrew Brel and Roy Villanis. Here’s a picture taken by my ex wife in 1986 of Roy and myself, in…
This picture, taken by Ronnie Johnson, is me in the window seat at 7 Riverbank, in September 1986. One year after I arrived in England…
“Just had a listen to these tracks. Classy, melodic rock, great playing and punchy natural (rather than over-technical) production. Really nice that you’re releasing this…
Russian Sniper Roza Shanina Made 54 Confirmed Kills in Less than a Year Jul 25, 2016 By Barney Higgins You can read the war time…
“British ships carried 3.4 million or more enslaved Africans to the Americas.” Of the 80,000 Africans chained and shackled and transported across to the Americas each year, 42,000…
Palace vs Sunderland today. It was at this exact fixture in October 2013. Palace vs Sunderland, home at Selhurst Park. My son, Child B, was…
Press release: February 14, 2017. My 8th album is ready. Its calm relaxing melodic guitar themed new age music ideal for any manner of meditative…