Month: December 2024

Journalist

Argentina Grandchild found

Argentina – 138th Grandchild found

antonfoek Amsterdam, 28 december 2024– The social organization Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo announced Friday in Buenos Aires at the Casa por la Identidad, in the Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos (formerly the ESMA clandestine detention center) “the happy finding of a new grandson, the 138th.” Montonero guerrillas Marta Enriqueta Pourtalé and Juan Carlos Villamayor were…
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The Life and Legacy of Sir David Attenborough

The Life and Legacy of Sir David Attenborough

antonfoek Early Life and Education Amsterdam, December 20th, 2024 – Sir David Attenborough was born on May 8, 1926, in Isleworth, Middlesex, England. Growing up in a household where his father was the principal of the University of Leicester, David was surrounded by a love for learning and nature from an early age. He attended…
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Stan Laurel laughing

Stan Laurel infectious laughing!

This clip is from a comedy short called “Blotto” (1930) starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film survives only in a censored 1937 re-release print which has had Pre-Code sequences removed (about one reel of material was cut) and a new music track added. Although the original 1930 version is…
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