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 not going to comment on the specific allegations or on the legal proceedings. But I have been meaning
So, we’re told a major terror operation was just heroically thwarted: involving a potential hijacked plane headed for Israel. A dramatic mid-air confrontation, a plunging plane, an emergency diversion and landing. It all sounded compelling. Cinematic, even. To briefly
The RAF Fairford Incident is still veiled in mystery. I have a sneaking suspicion it
There’s almost nothing left to say about 9/11 that hasn’t been said already by someone
Admittedly a strange one, this. I almost wasn’t going to post it at all: but I’ve decided to just do it anyway.
So. The 2026 FIFA World Cup. The biggest show on Earth. I’ve been working on this article for weeks: but I decided
So, Disclosure Day is here. The movie, that is. This article contains no spoilers, by the way: I haven’t seen the movie
“The greatest World Cup ever…” is what he’s calling it. Of course he is. And that’s what ‘FIFA peace prize’ winner Trump
The horrific murder of Henry Nowak has become a major trigger for social unrest and political manipulations. And it was always going
I’ve been pondering this for some time; and have tried to somewhat lay out the subject as best as I can here in this article. This is something of a thought-experiment; trying to track the various strands of consequences from a single event, but moreover, trying to understand why that
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You might’ve heard that the US has left Afghanistan. After twenty years there, the US and the international forces have pulled out. They tried to do it pretty quietly. So quietly, in fact, that the overnight departure from the Bagram Air Base was something the Afghan commander there didn’t even
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If you’ve never heard of Smedley Butler, it wouldn’t be your fault. But we all should have heard of him. Let’s rewind 80 years or so and remember the case of the Retired Marine General Smedley Butler: what he did, what it meant and what the implications are. Butler uncovered a
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So, and perhaps inevitably (?), I’ve been kicked off Twitter…
A diary kept by the late actor Heath Ledger while he
I would love to have been a fly on the
Let’s be brief with this one. An apparent attack on
So… how do you even write about COVID or the
It’s hard for people sometimes to explain why someone mattered
Modern cinema sometimes feels like a revolving door, with films
What is the greatest moment or scene in all of
In the sixth Star Trek film, The Undiscovered Country, Ambassador
It is 20 years since the first broadcast of the
Long-awaited albums are not an uncommon phenomenon in modern music,
In September, a 20th anniversary edition of In Utero is
I can’t believe Debbie Harry turned 70 today. Whatever that
Considered the ‘darkest album in the history’ of music, and
Pearl Jam’s induction into the Hall of Fame could probably