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The Bailey Bridge -…
During the early years of World War II, the British Army faced many obstacles. Chief…
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A Bridge Too Far…
When people think of World War II, they often picture D-Day, the Blitz, or the…
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Newsflash! America Does Not…
I have been asked to revisit a story published by the Dusty Gulch Gazette in…
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There's Gold in Them…
What Happened to McFookit Peak? By Roderick “Whiskers” McNibbleDusty Gulch Gazette It was midnight when…
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Home Children - A…
Between the mid-19th and early 20th centuries, more than a hundred thousand British children were…
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The Friends in Times…
The Battle of Britain ended on 15th September, 1940 but the Blitz continued long after that. Following…
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When Words Become Knives
Words. We use them every day without giving them much thought. We write them in…
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When Leadership Gives Courage…
As our countries struggle under the weight of wokeism, ideological conformity and the relentless erosion…
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What the Mailbox Knew…
The Lost Art of Letter Writing In an age of glowing screens and fleeting texts,…
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Rebels In Need of…
As young folk, didn't some of us feel like rebels without a cause? I am…
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There’s Meat on the…
There’s Meat on the Bone A Ratty News Investigation By Roderick “Whiskers” McNibbleChief Investigative Correspondent,…
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The baton we carry,…
The baton we carry, and the history we must pass on For twenty-five years, I…
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The Great Dog-Fence Summit
DUSTY GULCH GAZETTE Special Political Correspondent EditionFiled from the wrong side of a perfectly ordinary…
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The Timeless Strategy of…
I’m a teacher who’s spent years studying history and who cares about using words honestly.…
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All Available Boats
When I was a child, I loved a story about little tugboat called Little Toot.…
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You Either Get It…
You Either Get It or You Don’t People have lost their sense of humor. Not…
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The Hole in the…
The Alfred Graving Dock - a monument to Victorian engineering and Australian shipbuilding Most readers…
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Twelve Angry People
Twelve Angry People What 12 Angry Men can teach us about the hardest job in…
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The Strange Case of…
THE GREAT MULBERRY VACCINATION SCANDAL A Ratty News investigation by Roderick “Whiskers” McNibble I knew…
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Does Australia Pass the…
Is Australia Becoming a Pub With No Affordable Beer? Oh, sure, the beer is still…
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The Road to War
The War Did Not Begin on 1 September 1939 The details of Adolf Hitler’s rise…
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The Weimer Republic Mk…
In the shadow of a shattered empire, the Weimar Republic rose in 1919, promising democracy,…
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A Moment in Time...
There are memories that refuse to grow old. The 29th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death…
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From Eureka to Extinction…
The result of the recent bi election in Secret Harbour in WA sends a powerful…
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A Dispatch From the…
A Dispatch from the Pointy End Foreword By Roderick (Whiskers ) McNibble, Senior Investigative Rodent…
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The Dunny Dilemma -…
PLUMBING! The Mayor Has Finally Met a Pipe He Can't Fix A Special Medical -…
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Milne Bay - Australia's…
“Some of us may forget that, of all the Allies, it was the Australians who…
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The Grave Where Nothing…
Where Do the Children Play? I have no opinion to offer publicly on the Lindsay…
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The 1951 Waterfront Lockout…
In early 1951, New Zealand’s waterfronts weren’t just bustling ports - they had become battlegrounds.…
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The Difference Between Understanding…
What badly behaved cats might teach us about excuses, responsibility and the people we sometimes…
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