The Man in the Arena by Theodore Roosevelt
On April 23, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt gave what would become one of the most widely quoted speeches of his career. At the University of the Sorbonne in Paris, Roosevelt delivered a speech called “Citi...
Captain James Cook: The incredible true story of the World’s Greatest Navigator
Captain James Cook, a British Navigator, Cartographer and explorer was one of the pre-eminent sailors and innovators of his age. Now a controversial figure for indigenous cultures who see him as the i...
El Libertador Part 2: General Jose de San Martin- Argentina, Chile, Peru war of Independence and Latin American politics
La guerra de la independencia: Arriving in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata; San Martin and his companions were faced with a colonial government in disarray. Not quite revol...
El Libertador Part 1: General Jose de San Martin- Spanish colonialism, Napoleon and the Peninsular war
Jose de San Martin, champion of the guerra de la independencia, was an Argentine General, provincial governor and innovative commander who played a key role in the liberation of the viceroyalties and ...
Medieval Famine, Bubonic Plague, the Papal schism and Reformation legacy of Jan Hus in Bohemia
This film explores the geopolitical situation of the late medieval period wherein an enabled papacy, thanks to its projection of spiritual authority onto temporal powers, became increasingly political...
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France: Maligned Lone Hero of the Enlightenment or tyrannical despot?
May 2021 marks the bicentenary of the death of French Emperor and ethnic Corsican, Napoleon Bonaparte. A military and political genius and champion of the French Revolution, he has been much maligned ...
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: Unlikely Stoic Role Model in a time of Woke
Born Prince Philip of Denmark and Greece; the consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom has often been maligned in the media for his frequent gaffes and politically incorrect comments. Yet h...
Trout and Zen
Beginners Fly fishing for trout; rest and good times with my dad on the Murrumbidgee River, in the Kosciusko National Park, NSW Australia.Many thanks to Paul Bourne of snowymonaroflyfishing.com.a...
Low Testosterone Crisis
Low testosterone levels in men of all ages represents not only a crisis of health, longevity and wellbeing, but also an unfolding disaster for fertility that has been worsening since the 1960's. Cardi...
Invictus. by WE Henley
"Invictus" is a short poem by the Victorian era British poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). It was written in 1875 and published in 1888 in his first volume of poems, Book of Verses, in the sectio...