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|  Ken Follett by The Ovi Team
05 June 2020
June 5th 1949; Bestselling thriller writer Ken Follett is born on this day in Wales to a devout Christian family that does not allow young Ken to watch TV, see movies, or listen to the radio. (Add a comment) |  De-Stalinization by The Ovi Team
05 June 2020
June 5th 1956; Premier Nikita Khrushchev denounced Josef Stalin to the Soviet Communist Party Congress and starts the de-Stalinization.
(1 comment) |  Australia's Beef with China - This is turning into more than just a trade spat by Murray Hunter
04 June 2020
While there is growing pressure in Australia for a hard-line approach to Beijing's retaliation against Canberra's calls for an investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, the country, through trade... (Add a comment) |  Goddess In The Dark by Nikos Laios
04 June 2020
Her touch
Was like a
An undulating
Salt-encrusted
Wave, foaming (Add a comment) |  Notes on the current anti-Racism demonstrations by Joseph Gatt
04 June 2020
Notes on the current anti-racism demonstrations around the world, in no particular order. (Add a comment) |  Welcome Deaths: Coronavirus and the Open Plan Office by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
04 June 2020
For anybody familiar with that gruesome manifestation of the modern work place, namely the open plan office, the advent of coronavirus might be something of a relief. The prospects for infection in such spaces is simply too great. (Add a comment) |  Tiananmen Square massacre by The Ovi Team
04 June 2020
June 4th 1989; Chinese troops storm through Tiananmen Square in the center of Beijing, killing and arresting thousands of pro-democracy protesters. The brutal Chinese government assault on the protesters... (Add a comment) |  Dunkirk rescue by The Ovi Team
04 June 2020
June 4th 1940; the British completed the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk, France. The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has described the "miracle of deliverance" from Dunkirk and warned of an impending invasion. (Add a comment) |  The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by The Ovi Team
04 June 2020
June 4th 1940; on this day, 22-year-old Carson McCullers' first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, is published. The novel, about misfits in a Georgia mill town, is an instant success. (Add a comment) |  Trump's Thrust to Re-open is Textbook Freudian Wish-Fulfilmen by George Cassidy Payne
03 June 2020
The United States is the richest country in the world. It has the best hospitals in the world. The best doctors and health professionals in the world. The most sophisticated technology in the world. (Add a comment) | | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 older |
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