He's still performing and has a list of 2009 tour dates.... philcool.co.uk/news.htm According to his website the reason you haven't seen him on TV is "he's no good at gardening or decorating, he can't cook and doesn't do D.I.Y. , so what chance does he stand.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.