“Venezuela’s struggle is Israel’s struggle…” Guess who said that? It sounds like something Netanyahu would say. But no, it wasn’t him. While Western media and political response to the US action in Venezuela has been mixed, one thing has
The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents could be a turning point, according to some. Then again, maybe it’s just another day in Making America Safe Again. The video footage has been analysed and poured
The protests in Tehran have been somewhat overshadowed by what the US just did in
So, no one really needs a recap of what transpired in Caracas on the third
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On September 1st 1918, Damascus fell. Or was liberated – depending on your perspective. It fell to the Arab Revolt, carried out
A friend of mine reached out to me on Christmas Eve, in dire need. I’ve known her primarily through her online blogging
Whenever I get into a conversation about what the best Christmas film is, I cite the same handful of movies as my
So, a few things I’m lumping together here. But all around the theme of Christmastime. In truth it has all become a
So, a quick follow on from the post on the Bondi beach terror attack. The previous post was more focused on the
100 years ago, the First World War was a devastating conflict in which many millions of people lost their lives and in which the political, social and even geographical state of the world was changed forever. But, far from being the “war to end all wars”, the consequences of World
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I’ve always wondered what treasures sit in the vaults and store houses of the Vatican, gathering dust for years; historical items that may go decades without being disclosed to the public or might even go decades unexamined by anyone. A recent announcement revealed that in 2012 the Vatican authorities employed
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As a few days ago marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of Muammar Gaddafi, I decided to mark it with a more low-key, fun-ish look back at Libya’s former national figurehead. A more serious piece on the life and character of one of the most controversial world figures of
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I mean that pretty much sums it up. Which is
Widely published ‘reports’ in the last week or so claimed
I’m not going to spend too long on this; as
If the recent horse-meat scandal made a lot of people
‘We found no evidence that Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept
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You never forget your first love, they say. Carrie Fisher
So Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice went down like
Yeah OK, so it’s that age-old fandom question: who’s the
A brief moment to pay tribute to someone that people
It is 20 years since the first broadcast of the
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It’s been 20 years, unbelievably, since Bjork released her second
On 5th April it will be precisely 20 years since
It may have become a little cliched to wax lyrical
So. Soup. If you’ve already heard it, you probably don’t
The Foo Fighters are back with a shiny new album