“Venezuela’s struggle is Israel’s struggle…” Guess who said that? It sounds like something Netanyahu would say. But no, it wasn’t him. While Western media and political response to the US action in Venezuela has been mixed, one thing has
The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents could be a turning point, according to some. Then again, maybe it’s just another day in Making America Safe Again. The video footage has been analysed and poured
The protests in Tehran have been somewhat overshadowed by what the US just did in
So, no one really needs a recap of what transpired in Caracas on the third
News
On September 1st 1918, Damascus fell. Or was liberated – depending on your perspective. It fell to the Arab Revolt, carried out
A friend of mine reached out to me on Christmas Eve, in dire need. I’ve known her primarily through her online blogging
Whenever I get into a conversation about what the best Christmas film is, I cite the same handful of movies as my
So, a few things I’m lumping together here. But all around the theme of Christmastime. In truth it has all become a
So, a quick follow on from the post on the Bondi beach terror attack. The previous post was more focused on the
April 30th marked 70 years to the day since Adolf Hitler is recorded by history to have met his infamous end; taking his own life in a Berlin bunker as the city lay in ruins around him, the war lost. The image of a defeated, deflated Hitler confined to his
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The Mausoleum of Augustus should probably rank as one of the most significant historical sites in the world. We are referring, after all, to what was the final resting place of one of the most important and famous figures of history: and not just of himself, but of his entire
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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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It’s happened! The whole Epstein conspiracy has been blown wide
And it is a pretty big rabbit-hole – based entirely
Have you fallen down the ‘Q-Anon’ rabbit hole yet? Let’s
So here’s a question: who remember’s Gaddafi’s claim back in
So it’s been practically impossible to avoid all of the
Film
So yesterday was Star Wars Day. I’m a day late,
On the matter of J.J Abrams’s 2009 Star Trek reboot
So, this is about two very different, though technically similar,
What is the greatest moment or scene in all of
Modern cinema sometimes feels like a revolving door, with films
Comics
Music
I did whole, very long piece already on the Chris
A few weeks ago it was the 30th anniversary of
For at least two months after Chris Cornell died a
I don’t usually do these kinds of subjects, for various
Twenty years ago, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were in