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.
On September 1st 1918, Damascus fell. Or was liberated – depending on your perspective. It fell to the Arab Revolt, carried out in the name of the Hashemite Prince Faisal of Mecca, and aided by the famous T.E Lawrence. The capturing of Damascus, the oldest inhabited city in 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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Queen Nefertiti has remained one of the most fascinating, elusive figures from the permanently enchanting world of Ancient Egypt. Her final resting place has also eluded Egyptologists over the years, but it’s discovery would amount to one of the most important finds in history, probably even more so than Howard Carter‘s
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Alright, so ‘saved my life’ might be a slight overstatement.
The sudden and untimely death of the Cranberries frontwoman Dolores
On October 21st 1995, the 28 year-old Shannon Hoon was