This one is even less convincing than previous efforts. In fact, this one is extremely lazy. You would, at this point, have to be pretty dull-minded to believe a ‘migrant’ just happened to carry out a random ‘terror attack’
It was hailed as an immediate success of the Great Trump in his new presidency. After more than a year of failed or floundering negotiations and much destruction in Gaza, Trump was apparently able to oversee a ceasefire and
The other night, a convicted felon and a war criminal sat beside each other to
Everything about this latest change in presidency in the US has felt slightly off. Amid
News
It was really sad hearing the news that legendary filmmaker and artist David Lynch had passed away. He has been not only
I wasn’t intending to post a full article on Musk’s antics at the Trump Inauguration, because it didn’t seem worth it. But
So. Even though the news agenda has moved on already, it’s worth taking the time to cast our minds back a couple
Well, it was always going to be an odd affair. Perhaps not as odd as some of the insane public events that
Since I already covered this subject a fortnight ago, I’ll try to be more brief this time. This is more of an
The last couple of days have seen a resurgence in the popular interest surrounding the 125-year mystery of Jack the Ripper. This being in the wake of amateur investigator Russell Edwards declaring he has decisively exposed the identity of the infamous serial killer. Websites and newspapers in the passed two
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In December 2021 – just a few weeks before the Russian military incursion into Ukraine – something incredibly interesting happened. A United Nations resolution was presented, its purpose being to condemn Nazism or the ‘glorification of Nazism’. Only two countries voted AGAINST the resolution. Guess which ones? It was the
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“Every person has two homelands,” the French archaeologist Andre Parrot once commented; “His own and Syria”. T.E Lawrence (of Arabia), who spent a great deal of time exploring Syria, wrote specifically of Palmyra; “Nothing in this scorching, desolate land could be so refreshing”. It might also have been Lawrence who
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Have you noticed that *mainstream* politicians and media are now
Is that a tongue-in-cheek title? Not really. It isn’t much
As a few days ago marked the fifth anniversary of
This is a complex one. But highly interesting. And probably
The Roswell Incident is, of course, one of the most
Film
So a new blockbuster called Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has just
I’ve already published a proper review of the Captain Marvel
Like a lot of people, I was left very unsure
You may have heard that Suicide Squad is terrible. You
Mutant brothers and sisters, I am happy to announce the
Comics
Music
I can’t believe Debbie Harry turned 70 today. Whatever that
In September, a 20th anniversary edition of In Utero is
“The song is about a person who’s beyond depressed; they’re
I did whole, very long piece already on the Chris
So this feels really weird now. After Chris Cornell’s death