The IDF attack on foreign aid workers a week ago rightly caused outrage around the world. The deaths of World Central Kitchen workers from Israeli strikes, more than anything else in these six months of War in Gaza, created a
A brief one here. But yes, it looks like the terror attack in Moscow was probably a false flag organised by Russians themselves. I did posit that likelihood already in my immediate post on the matter, in particular citing
So much political and media attention was focused on Iran’s imminent ‘attack’ on Israel last
So a new blockbuster called Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has just been released in cinemas. And
News
This is a complex one. But highly interesting. And probably a little disturbing in places. For anyone not familiar yet with this
The brutal terrorist attack near Moscow on Friday, which has killed upward of some 140 people, seems to have taken Russian authorities
It is possible that no event or sequence of events in recent memory has made it so clear how things truly are.
Did anyone see the official Republican response speech to Biden’s State of the Union address last week? My God, that was some
I keep thinking – incorrectly – that this year can’t get any weirder. But 2024 keeps delivering. This business
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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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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Are handwritten letters on the verge of extinction? And will anyone know to mourn their passing away from modern life? Some time ago, as part of a World Book Night event, Russell Brand took part in ‘Letters Live’ at London’s Southbank centre; he read a poignant handwritten letter that had
MoreWeird Stuff
If ever proof were needed that we inhabit an increasingly
This is probably the most important thing that will be
The stench of media and government deception and stage-management in
It’s a curious error; assuming it was an error at
Whatever we may or may not think about Fidel Castro
Film
In case you missed it, there was just another little
Why on earth has Ben Hur been re-made? If we’re
Well, obviously, I wouldn’t be asking the question if I
The passing of Peter O’Toole in December 2013 was a
There’s nothing in all creation more exciting than the words
Comics
Music
Belated as it may be, I’m finally getting around to
“I’ve always detested mechanized dance music, its stupid simplicity, the
A few weeks ago it was the 30th anniversary of
Kristin Hersh’s debut solo album Hips and Makers, released in
‘The 20 Greatest Album Covers’ according to The Burning Blogger,