When TV westerns ruled the roost
The longevity and sustained popularity of Gunsmoke and Bonanza put them in a class apart
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Author: Pat Murphy
Canada goes to war: 80 years ago, there was no hesitation
Ultimately, though, disagreement surfaced. The trigger was conscription and the division was between Quebec and English Canada
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With war on the doorstep, The Singing Cowboy came calling
His tour of the U.K. and Ireland just before the Second World War was a huge success. But prudence meant his entourage came home early to avoid any danger
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How Ireland stayed neutral in a world at war
Under the leader ship of Eamon de Valera and with a very small army, virtually no aerial capability and little naval service, Ireland was a sitting duck in the Second World War
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Mussolini more a man of the left than of the right
His fascist program had more in common with an authoritarian socialist – rather than a right-wing – agenda
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