Archive for April, 2011
A Touching Experience Visiting a World War II Cemetery
Do you ever get that strange feeling inside when you hear about a disaster or the news or when you drive past a grave yard? Well that is the feeling I got when I visited the World War II Cemetery in Normandy. The graveyard is a memorial to all the American soldiers who died in […]
Hating The Germans Is So Last Century
During the World Cup last summer I couldn’t help but notice the hatred the English have towards the Germans. This isnt just a football game between two neighbouring countries. As far as football is concerned it is classed as a derby but I believe it has been drilled into us from our fathers and grandfathers […]
Visiting Normandy
Back in 2002, I went on a family holiday to the north of France. We stayed in a beautiful house in the country, with a log fire. We visited a theme park on the day of my 14th Birthday and David Beckham scored a penalty against Argentina in the World Cup. We also took a […]
War Against The Planet
Every single day the news is filled with the latest update from a war going on somewhere around the world. Whether its Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya or Egypt. All we seem to be doing is killing one another for one thing. Money. There are plenty of thing we mask it as, usually power, ‘terror’ or oil. […]
War Is Over, If You Want It.
There are many quotes that send a shiver down my spine when it comes to the topic of war. The first has to be the title of this blog post which comes from the John Lennon Christmas hit that is ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’. The entire song is heartfelt but the lyric “War is […]
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