Lucy McCutcheon
Meryl Streep: The Winner Takes it All
Meryl Streep. The most successful actress in the industry with many award nominations and wins. Best known for her legendary versatility. Often described as the best actress of her generation, Meryl Streep is one of the most determined actresses in film. She overcame many obstacles in life with personal loss and in her professional film career with rejection and inequality. She found herself labelled as an unconventional beauty by her determination grit and raw talent proved everybody wrong. In her own words she never gave up. She is a talented and adaptable actress who is able to portray a wide variety of roles including biographical, comedic and emotionally charged characters such as Julia Child, Donna Sheridan and Sophie Zawistowski. From her comedic roles like Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her to her more traditional roles like Sister Aloysius in Doubt, Meryl Streep has won the hearts of millions, making her an established name in Hollywood. How many more awards will Meryl Streep win? Will she continue to have the record breaking award collection in Hollywood? Will she always be the Winner to Take It All?
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19 Years in Vietnam: Murder Mines and Mayhem
The enemy in Vietnam was known as “Charlie”. “Charlie” may be any place and any one; man, woman or child. Guerrilla warfare strategy was “bold, tough and crafty”. Preferring to avoid open conflict and fight from ambush or infiltrate civilian populations whilst spreading confusion and terror by murder, mines and mayhem. Nearly 350 years ago William Shakespeare wrote the words ‘Come like shadows so depart.’ In Vietnam, American combat soldiers must heed these words as they probed for and pursued a shadowy enemy. In this final episode we will see how opposition to the Vietnam War in the United States bitterly divided Americans, even after President Richard Nixon ordered the withdrawal of U.S forces in 1973.
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19 Years in Vietnam: Unaccompanied, Unarmed and Unafraid
The ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union intensified the battle being fought in the Vietnam War. The United States hardened its policies against any allies of the Soviet Union and in 1955 President Eisenhower pledged his firm support to South Vietnam. As troops on the ground took part in armed combat it is said that the aviators had one of the riskiest jobs in the world. Most combat pilots carried their defenses with them but there were some that travelled unarmed. The part these men played in the Vietnam War goes under the label of “tactical recognizance”. Throughout the war these planes flew over combat targets, carrying cameras as “the eyes of the army”. The intelligence they brought back kept commanders abreast of enemy activity. It was the perilous job of the brave combat aviators to fly over the most hostile territories “unaccompanied, unarmed and unafraid”.
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Guadalcanal: Invasion in the Pacific
The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major invasion and a significant victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. Strategically, possession of a Guadalcanal air base was very important to take control of the sea lines of communication between the United States and Australia. In 1942 the Japanese Empire stretched over a large area of the Western Pacific and by Spring Japanese troops swept through the Solomon Islands. By the end of May, Japanese territories spread to the large jungle islands that gave its name to the best known episode of the Pacific War, Guadalcanal. In early June the American victory at Midway persuaded Japanese forces to halt their expansion into the Pacific.
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Climate Crisis: Wildfires
A wildfire is an unplanned, unwanted and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation starting in rural and urban areas. Earth is an intrinsically flammable planet owing to its cover of carbon-rich vegetation, seasonally dry climates, atmospheric oxygen and widespread lightning and volcanic ignitions. Wildfires can destroy property and human life, although naturally occurring wildfires may benefit native vegetation, animals, and ecosystems that have evolved with fire. Today’s fires are both shocking and wholly expected. That’s the tricky thing about fires - it isn’t any one thing that’s causing them; it's multiple puzzle pieces fitting together. Climate change. First management. Human behaviour. Learning to adapt to the new reality and mitigating risks requires swift, decisive action from many different angles.
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From Vine to Wine
Wine was treasured by the Greeks and exported throughout the Roman Empire. The wine trade dots the landscape of the ancient world. Throughout history the art of the grape has been celebrated and its growth mused the development of the civilization. Over the centuries the industry has expanded and innovations set new standards for production. But even today the art of wine, its essence, lies in the process. The journey from vine to wine.
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