J M White My grandfather William, aged 9, arrived in Port Chalmers on board the clipper ship Peter Denny on 3 September 1873. With him were his three siblings: two-year-old Jessie, his brother Adam, aged 7, and his older sister Alison aged 11. Seven children died from dysentery
Christian Cooijmans University of Liverpool Chris is a research fellow at the University of Liverpool. His research focuses on the reach and repercussions of Viking movement across the Frankish realm. For many years, archaeologists and historians have provided an increasingly informed insight into the dynamic world of the Vikings, chipping
Alexander McRae If you are familiar with Jordan Peterson then you would have heard of the book Ordinary Men. It is about the 101 Battalion Reserve Police during 1943 in Poland written by Christopher R. Browning. The book has been on my list for a long time but I felt
Democracy Action democracyaction.org.nz Recently we interviewed Dr. John Robinson, former university lecturer, and research scientist and prolific author of books about the historical development of New Zealand. Here he tells us what inspires him to search for the truth. DA: Where did you come from? JR: I grew
**This article has been republished. It is one of the most popular articles from 2021. Following World War I, fascism evolved in Europe as a political and economic system. Extreme nationalism, authoritarianism, and a state-run economy are its three main traits. Indeed, in terms of economics, fascism is primarily
There’s a good reason Karl Popper titled the first volume of his magnum opus against authoritarianism, The Spell of Plato. For millennia, much of the Western mind has been in thrall to Plato: for better, or more often, for much, much worse. Plato was one of the giants of
Joe Perry Georgia State University In 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas speech to an excited crowd. According to undercover police observers, 4,000 supporters cheered when Hitler condemned “the cowardly Jews for breaking the world-liberator on the cross”
William Keylor Boston University The Christmas Truce is no stranger to popular entertainment – this year more than any other as its 100th anniversary is marked. The famous moment when British and German soldiers climbed out of the trenches in peace on Christmas Day 1914 has been replicated and ruminated upon
Thomas Adam University of Arkansas Thomas Adam, PhD, is an associate professor of international and global studies in the Department of Political Science at the University of Arkansas. He also serves as associate director of the International and Global Studies Program at the University of Arkansas. Each season, the celebration
William Norman Grigg (1963-2017) was Managing Editor of the Libertarian Institute and an award-winning investigative journalist and author. He was the author of five books, most recently Liberty in Eclipse: The War on Terror and the Rise of the Homeland Security State. Mr. Grigg wrote and published the
Fion Waisum Ma University of Birmingham Fion Waisum Ma is a palaeobiology PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham, specializing in the feeding mechanics of oviraptorosaurs and their close relatives. After getting a BSc in Geology and Ecology & Biodiversity at The University of Hong Kong, she completed a Palaeontology
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com This totally redundant treaty, applying to circumstances nearly two centuries ago, has spawned a truly astonishing “industry” in claims as to what it meant, despite never actually saying as much. The latest and most absurd comes from something called the Health Coalition Aotearoa, specifically, (lie
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Advent calendars have become a near-ubiquitous staple of pre-Christmas commerce, and, like almost everything else about one of the signature festivals in Western culture, have been ruthlessly secularised and commercialised. There are Lego Advent calendars, Disney Advent calendars and even Bluey Advent calendars. But, as we once again
It’s the sort of craziness that can only happen on a battlefield: soldiers are battling out in a major offensive when out of the smoke emerges an incongruously familiar figure. It’s one of their buddies from back home, carrying cans of beer. We’ve all done some wild
Canapés seldom travel alone. An event that is worth one’s salt will have three to five different competing canapés offering a cornucopia of tastes, colours and textures. This week’s addition is a small phyllo pastry basket filled with a mushroom and tomato mix topped off with shaved parmigiano
