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I have a small number of copies of the Spanish Civil War book ‘A Bullet Saved My Life’ available for sale. The book, which was a Morning Star book of the week when it came out in 2006, tells the story of Welshman Bob Peters and his adventures in getting to and fighting in the…
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The Michael O’Brien event at the Hay Festival has been confirmed for 10am on Saturday, May 23.O’Brien will be talking with The Guardian’s Duncan Campbell about the book The Death of Justice and his 11 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.I understand the event may already be sold out but there…
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Rhondda-born Alun Menai Williams had two remarkable photographs in his collection.One was a sad reminder of a friend, Billy Davies, who served in the Spanish Civil War, and was killed a few days after the snap was taken.The other was a source of immense pride. It showed Alun marching to the front, the flag of…
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A Welshman, who helped rescue more than 2,600 refugees from Spain during the civil war, was this week honoured by the people of Alicante.Archibald Dickson, captain of the merchant steam ship Stanbrook, risked his life to enter the port as the civil war drew to a close.On Sunday, his son and daughter, Arnold Dickson and…
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Michael O’Brien is set to appear at the 2009 Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye.O’Brien will take part in a question and answer session on his autobiography, The Death of Justice, which describes his wrongful conviction for murder, his battle to clear his name and an examination of what he believes went wrong in the investigation of…
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The number of people being executed around the world rose significantly in 2008 compared to the previous year, according to Amnesty International.There were 2,390 executions worldwide last year, with an overwhelming 72 per cent of those being carried out in China (the host of the Olympics).Japan executed highest number for over 30 years, while Belarus…
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A plaque was due to be unveiled today in memory of Jimmy Murphy, the coach who helped nurture Manchester United’s legendary Busby Babes and led Wales to their only World Cup finals.Murphy, born in the Rhondda of a Welsh mother and Irish father, was the man who stepped into Matt Busby’s shoes after the Munich…
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I never thought I’d ask this question but where is Tony Blair?As Hamas and the Israeli government square up – home-made rockets against F-18s – just where is our Middle East “peace envoy”?I thought he might have come out and done something (although on past behaviour I don’t know what I could have been expecting.)The…
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On Friday, the world said goodbye to Studs Terkel.Studs might not have been so well known on this side of the Atlantic but in the United States they are paying tribute to a “true American hero”.Studs was a performer, a journalist, an oral historian and a “rabble-rouser”.McCarthy tried to have him testify against leftist friends;…
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Psst, do you want to know a secret?It’s the story of a heroic Welshman, although it doesn’t start off very courageously.I mean, our heroes are rarely “mean-spirited” and “bony-faced”.They don’t normally have ill-shaped ears, or make a spectacle of themselves by only putting in their false teeth to eat.What manner of hero is this, I…
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