To say that Britain had been propelled into a kind of mania in the days following the death of Her Majesty the Queen would be a bit of an understatement. For ten days after the news broke of the passing
Anyone still enjoying the embarrassing spectacle of the Conservative leadership contest in the UK? I will assume not any more than anyone was enjoying the embarrassing spectacle of the Conservative government in general these last few years. It appears that,
It really is extraordinary how easy it is to convince people to vote against their
“I inform the proud Muslim people of the world that the author of the Satanic
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The January 6th Committee Hearings have brought the embarrassing and ignoble last days of the Trump administration – and the accompanying chaos
So… monkeypox. Has the media, particularly in the UK, overstated the threat or spread of this virus for sensationalism? Or is there
The media attention and political fallout from the Buffalo shooting was still going on when the next gun massacre was already unfolding.
The level of cognitive dissonance in the establishment media has become almost sad. It’s really strange that, at the very same time
The beleaguered city of Mariupol, as is widely being reported, seems about to fall to Russian forces. It may even have fallen
He walked up to the podium to address the UN General Assembly. All eyes in the chamber were on the strange, eccentric figure, whose invitation to New York had been the subject of great controversy and coverage. Staring out at all the delegations of world government, he acted out ripping
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At this time, there are no doubt scores of World War I articles and expositions being published right now. But I also want to talk about one of the more famous cultural homages to the First World War – the fourth and final series of the classic British series Blackadder;
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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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There was something I hadn’t even realised until after I’d
I’m not going to spend too long on this; as
‘The world is a stage’, the saying goes. Lately, I’ve
This is probably the most important thing that will be
Have you noticed that *mainstream* politicians and media are now
Film
Yeah OK, so it’s that age-old fandom question: who’s the
As I didn’t write anything about Avengers: Endgame at the
First up, the great Stan Lee’s best MCU cameo appearance
There is something that occurred to me ever since seeing
There’s nothing in all creation more exciting than the words
Comics
Music
If you haven’t seen the music videos for ‘Blackstar’ or
With Courtney Love currently rocking out venues in the UK
Something I’ve been meaning to mention, something I feel quite
A statue of the late Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman and rock music
Much as I slated the Kurt Cobain statue in Aberdeen