When Victoria ascended the British throne on 20 June 1837, G. A. Henty was not yet five years old. Yet in thousands of young boys' lives Henty was destined to be as important as the queen. In a 1980 review of the most recent biography of Henty, Eric Stok...
G. A. Henty once described himself as "a fierce and truculent Briton, ready to defy the whole world." It was an exaggerated yet appropriate description, given Henty's character and appearance. He was a tall, powerfully built man, with a large head and a...
AIDS, African wars discussed in Mbeki meeting with Clinton By SONYA ROSS Associated Press Tuesday, May 23, 2000 Washington -- President Clinton met Monday with South African President Thabo Mbeki to pursue ways to help South Africa end its long-running...
In our view Sometimes the urge to do good just goes a bit too far. One case in point may be a recently announced plan by a group of countries, led by France, to impose a tax on airline tickets to raise...
