“The biggest national security emergency” is how it has been described. Benjamin Netanyahu, as usual, attacked the “weakness” of the British government in defending Britain’s Jewish community. Meanwhile, have you heard of the ‘Shomrim‘? You’d be forgiven for saying
“Some shots are gonna be fired in this room tonight…” So said White House spokesperson Caroline Leavitt, just as the White House Correspondents Dinner was getting underway on Saturday. Sure, maybe it was just figure of speech, referring
What are they doing up there? Or, to repeat myself from a few years ago,
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again…’ So said the
A simple proposition: is the long-awaited destruction of the Al-Aqsa mosque about to be carried out… by Iran? This has started to
“He’s no Churchill…” President Trump famously said of the British Prime Minister weeks ago. This was of course the US President’s typically
So, it looks like Bibi isn’t dead: but it was a fun diversion for some while it lasted. In fairness, the online
As ominous ‘black rain’ was falling over Tehran, the US/Israeli Holy War in Iran entered week two. There’s a lot else too.
“The President was shocked this morning when he learned of the new Israeli bombardment of west Beirut…” and ”expressed his outrage.” No,
Today the world will say its final goodbye to one of the greatest cultural figures – and probably the most charismatic – of the 20th century. And also the greatest sports star probably of all time.
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In 2008 or 2009, the BBC made a documentary on life inside Libya: I remember it because I watched it at the time of its broadcast. Up until the beginning of 2011, that video was available on You Tube. Once the international community had made up its mind – after
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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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Remember, remember… not just the 5th November: but July 13th.
DMX was one of the very few ‘mainstream’ rap or
It was a bit funny that at more or less
I’ve been feeling a little weird lately, particularly over the
Should it be of concern to the general public that
The sole Daredevil movie to date, the 2003 film starring
As Episode 8 of the Star Wars saga hits cinemas and
First up, the great Stan Lee’s best MCU cameo appearance
Leaving Neverland is a very difficult thing to react to.
This is a belated review of Solo: A Star Wars
Someone, via social media, criticised me for writing such a
February 1st 2015 marks twenty years to the day since
As a little kid, one of my very first musical
On October 21st 1995, the 28 year-old Shannon Hoon was
Tonight, twenty years after Kurt Cobain chose to burn out