New england holocaust memorial

“Wow what an experience. We are so happy to announce that our little bundle of joy has arrived safe and sound and we are all back home now and settling in great," he penned next to a photo that said "our family have grown by two feet". … [Read more...] about Lucy-Jo Hudson gives birth to baby boy with new boyfriend Lewis Devine

The camp was set up on August 28, 1943, and around 60,000 prisoners were forced to work in horrendous conditions before many were transported on to death camps. Around a third died in the camp as a result of forced labor. … [Read more...] about Germany: Explosives discovered at concentration camp site in Thuringia

Paul’s interactions with Wales were shaped by the violence of mining life: the everyday hardship of long hours and low wages, but also the sudden spectacular catastrophes that decimated communities. In 1934, he’d been performing in Caernarfon when news arrived of a disaster in the Gresford colliery. The mine there had caught fire, creating an inferno so intense that most of the 266 men who died underground, in darkness and smoke, were never brought to the surface for burial. At once, Robeson offered his fees for the Caernarfon concert to the fund established for the orphans and children of the dead – an important donation materially, but far more meaningful as a moral and political gesture. … [Read more...] about How Paul Robeson found his political voice in the Welsh valleys

The staff advised Charles that the “Butcher’s Plate” mixed grill was actually for two people, but he was not deterred. He endures my meat-free nonsense on a near-daily basis, and here was a chance to eat grilled goat chops, cockerel thigh, piles of Longhorn beef skirt, Portland lamb leg and “trencher”, which is the fatty, carby joy that occurs when pieces of sourdough bread are laid under a huge plate of meat to collect their juices. The whole Hägar the Horrible smörgåsbord arrives with triple-cooked chips, king cabbage with hazelnuts, dripping bearnaise and stilton hollandaise. Nothing is remotely underdone, and errs on the traditional, slightly cremated British way of enjoying meat, but it’s a feast nevertheless, and one that will put the pub on the local map. … [Read more...] about The Drumming Snipe, Surrey: ‘There’s lots to like’ – restaurant review

KBC, the largely Flemish bank, was said to be in talks yesterday with Belgium's deputy prime minister and finance minister, Didier Reynders, about a €3.5bn state injection. The bank warned on October 15 it had made net losses in the third quarter of up to €930m, after writing off €1.6bn of its structured products portfolio. It insisted then that it had no need to follow the example of two of its Belgian peers, Fortis and Dexia, and demand a bail-out. … [Read more...] about Fed expected to lead round of rate cuts