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Conflict in My Neighbourhood You may have noticed, dear reader, that there’s a lot of missiles being fired and planes dropping bombs in the Middle East, and they’re killing a lot of people. In fact, the war-zone is more in the Eastern Mediterranean, than the Middle East at the moment. And yes, that is the…
World War 2 Mention World War 2 to most young people and they will have a picture in their head of Nazi bombers being shot down by RAF fighter pilots, or the miracle of Dunkirk. Or they will have a blank expression, smile at you indulgently and swiftly move on, to another subject. It’s easy…
Chapter Nine The Black Chamber Poznań Army Command, Poland, May 1937 “What we have here is information that would be useful if we had a complete machine to work with,” the Polish military commander of the Black Chamber said, pointing to a table and chairs where several piles of documents waited to be examined. The…
I wrote this piece when Elon Musk was a someone you could perhaps label as an influencer for the good of people. Since than, he has gone way down in my estimation and can no longer be classed as a good person. But that is only in my honest opinion. Mr Musk may well go…
Treasonist: Someone who betrays his country by committing treason. Throughout history there have been many instances of men and women who commit acts of treason against the country of their birth or their adoptive country. In the fledgling United States of America trouble was brewing when a new tax was introduced. Two simple men from…
Chapter Five Dio Deberge Cairo, Egypt, October 1929 Nev, for the first time in his new career as a purveyor of other people’s secrets, was nervous. Even more so when he knocked on Dio Deberge’s door. The guard, eyeing him up as if he was measuring Nev for a coffin, kept a respectful silence, but…
Chapter Four A Family Affair Cairo, Egypt October 1929 Nev Fordham placed his chips on what he considered the winning number. He just knew the roulette table’s wheel was going to stop on his number, which meant he was about to be rich. Nev didn’t even consider the alternative. If he lost, he would be…
On the 6th of June 2002, a mid-air explosion occurred in an area between Cyprus, Crete, and Libya. The explosion released energy comparable to a small nuclear weapon. It became known as the Eastern Mediterranean Event and at the time, set alarm bells ringing around the world. The event was during the 2001-2002 India and…
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