Category Archives: Middle East

This crazy ideas about nationality

Posted on July 19, 2017 by malcolmarchibald

People fight wars over national boundaries. One set of people kill and maim another set of people because of some silly line drawn on a map by some politician or king or other jumped up self-important yahoo. How crazy is … Continue reading →

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Our land of Palestine

Posted on April 28, 2016 by malcolmarchibald

This is a very short blog to announce that theKindle version of my latest Creativia book, Our Land of Palestine is on sale price of 99 pence or 99 cents for the next few days.   It’s the year 1915, … Continue reading →

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Old King Cole and the Catholic Church

Posted on April 25, 2016 by malcolmarchibald

Are children still taught the old nursery rhymes? I know we were: Mary Mary, quite contrary, which was a sixteenth century political commentary on Mary, Queen of Scots, perhaps, Ring a ring of roses, which harked back to the days … Continue reading →

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Palestine: the forgotten campaign

Posted on April 13, 2016 by malcolmarchibald

When we think of the First World War, various images come to mind, and various names haunt the fringes of our collective memory. We may see the hellish mud of Passchendaele, or the gas clouds of Second Ypres, or remember … Continue reading →

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He Died for Freedom and Honour

Posted on September 28, 2015 by malcolmarchibald

One hundred years ago today, the Battle of Loos was raging in France. This was the biggest British battle of the so-called Western Front in 1915 and, like so many battles of the First World War, there were horrendous casualties. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts about Palestine

Posted on December 29, 2014 by malcolmarchibald

Hi Folks I hope all of you are enjoying the Christmas period, when Christians celebrate the birth of Our Lord and many non-Christians take the opportunity to have family gatherings or just relax for a few days. It happened that … Continue reading →

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