The First World War was not merely a story of trenches, blimps, and poison gas, but also one of far-flung struggles in remote colonial out-posts, crisis and change in non-European empires that traced their roots back over a thousand or more years, and espionage and technological change that encircled the globe. We will discuss some of the lesser-explored campaigns, technologies, personalities, combatants, of the "Great War" while coming to a better understanding as to why we remember that war - and all history - as we do.

What has the Pandemic done to our Mental Health? What are so-called Mental Illnesses? And why are there so many stigmas behind these conditions? As seniors, many of us have become more isolated. We humans are social creatures. The isolation and social distancing called for under the Pandemic is resulting in depression and other conditions. Yet, because of the stigmas connected to mental problems, we do not talk about it. We need to talk about it and what measures can be taken to help us.