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Dr Walter Rothschild

Born in Bradford, England. Writer, songwriter, railway historian, cabarettist

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A CASE OF INCONFIDENCE

Why do people still pay to watch Football, when they could be paid to watch it?

HOW THE CHRISTIANS WERE DRIVEN OUT OF CAESAREA.

(Spoiler Alert: By Arabs in 1938....)

Folk Songs of Old Terroristan. Part 5

A final selection from this extensive material revealing insights into this ancient and spreading culture.

MORE SONGS OF OLD TERRORISTAN. Part 4

Three further examples of this exquisite and exotic (if erratic) cultural tradition.

BACK FROM THE DEAD. Mechayeh HaMeytim

I have not posted for several weeks. Here is Why.

FOLKSONGS OF OLD TERRORISTAN PART 2

Further notes from the folk traditions of this little-known ethnic group. Once more we must advise that the translations may not be wholly accurate but the dialect is authentic.

FOLK SONGS OF OLD TERRORISTAN. PART 1

Some old songs rediscovered

IN THE FOREST

Who is waiting?

THE CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD By Armin T. Wegner, Travels in Persia 1929. Part 2

(Translation into Engish below...)

THE CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD: PERSIA IN 1929. By Armin T. Wegner. PART 1

A journey through the Caucases almost a century ago