It’s the eve of the US mid-term elections. And the Trump Republicans have already been playing the usual game of casting doubt on the legitimacy of the process before any of it has even happened. This same strategy of
‘With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied… chains us all irrevocably…’ So said Captain Jean-Luc Picard, in the classic Star Trek episode ‘The Drumhead’. He continued,
You might’ve noticed a number of news items about the government advising people to stock
WandaVision really is a masterpiece. And I don’t throw that word around lightly. I always
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Russell Brand’s trial has begun in the UK, as the celebrity grifter/influencer begins defending himself against various sexual abuse allegations. Obviously, I’m
So, we’re told a major terror operation was just heroically thwarted: involving a potential hijacked plane headed for Israel. A dramatic mid-air
The RAF Fairford Incident is still veiled in mystery. I have a sneaking suspicion it might actually remain unresolved, going forward.
There’s almost nothing left to say about 9/11 that hasn’t been said already by someone at some point. And there’s nothing new
Admittedly a strange one, this. I almost wasn’t going to post it at all: but I’ve decided to just do it anyway.
I’ve been fascinated by historic letters and correspondence for some time; and I wrote a post covering some of this a while ago. Letters, particularly communications never meant for public consumption, provide a fascinating insight into significant historic or cultural events, times or figures. They also can help to humanise
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A first century BC villa on the fringes of Rome is likely to be destroyed by a modern housing development. And not just a first century villa, but the villa believed to have belonged to Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus; the historical character immortalised by actor Stephen Boyd in the 1959
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You don’t have to be Christian or even religious to appreciate the compelling and magical properties of the Nativity story, with its evocative and timeless images and the ideas it evokes. The imagery and mythology of the Nativity narrative – Magi, star, Herod and all – is something I’ve explored
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The last couple of days have seen a resurgence in
Alright, it’s Halloween, so let’s get to the weird shit.
You want to know something weird? Of course you do.
So… monkeypox. Has the media, particularly in the UK, overstated
DMX was one of the very few ‘mainstream’ rap or
Film
Whenever I get into a conversation about what the best
This is going to be nothing like as long-winded as
The X-Men film franchise in general has been a mixed
As I didn’t write anything about Avengers: Endgame at the
George Lucas’s final contribution to his epic Star Wars saga
Comics
Music
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen
In September, a 20th anniversary edition of In Utero is
“I’ve always detested mechanized dance music, its stupid simplicity, the
Every couple of months, in the last few years, it
Considered the ‘darkest album in the history’ of music, and