I have written previously about Michael O’Brien’s novel, "Father Elijah" (see below). He has just published a sequel – “Elijah in Jerusalem” – which sees the central character, a Jewish Catholic priest, and survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto – continue to challenge...
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The 1939 film “Goodbye, Mr. Chips”, remade in 1969, was based on the novel of the same name by James Hilton. It immortalised the remarkable but fictional teaching career of Charles Edward Chipping, who, in 1870, took up his position at Brookfield School. In 1914 Chips...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? Essay for GIS Reports April 19th 2024.
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/crossroads-isolationism-leadership At the crossroads: Will the free world choose isolationism or global leadership? LORD DAVID ALTON OF LIVERPOOL READING TIME: 16 MIN History teaches us that isolationism leads to disaster. Will the...
Letter from the Lord (David) Alton and Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, co chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea, to Lord (David) Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, about the CCP’s forced repatriation of North Korean refugees in breach of both the 1951 Refugee Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
£1 Trillion – Raised In Parliament Today. The Cost of Reparations In Ukraine and Bringing To Justice Those Responsible.
https://youtu.be/xlEfrgwELvc Alongside the fatalities, injuries and chronic suffering and misery which Putin’s war has brought to Ukraine, the economic cost of rebuilding and remedying war damage is now estimated to be close to £1 trillion. Yesterday David...