On the eve of what turned out to be a disastrous mid-term elections for Trump and the Republicans, the President made an interesting statement. He declared essentially that the yearly US military aid funding to Israel ($3.8 billion a year)
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
You might’ve noticed a number of news items about the government advising people to stock
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WandaVision really is a masterpiece. And I don’t throw that word around lightly. I always loved it, but ahead of the approaching
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
A brief word in respect for Labour MP Gerald Kaufman, who passed away a few days ago. And also on the story of Hannah Arendt (pictured above); one of the twentieth century’s most important writers. Kaufman, who served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until his death in 2017,
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This year’s Christmas piece was originally going to be like last year’s and focus on an element of the Nativity tradition; instead, given current events and the popular reaction to them, I decided to go with a different subject – specifically, Islam and Christianity. There is now, perhaps inevitably, a
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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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And it is a pretty big rabbit-hole – based entirely
Before the usual calls to either (a) give away all
The ‘joke’ about Puerto Rico wasn’t the worst part at
That is to say, aside from the obvious links in
There was something I hadn’t even realised until after I’d
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There’s nothing in all creation more exciting than the words
2014 marked three decades since the death of Richard Burton.
First of all, Han should always have shot first! But
Leaving Neverland is a very difficult thing to react to.
The release of the Laurel and Hardy film biopic Stan
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Music
The tradition of musicians writing songs or composing projects centered
The ‘turning down Amy Winehouse’ bit is admittedly a slightly
It may have become a little cliched to wax lyrical
I can’t believe Debbie Harry turned 70 today. Whatever that
Twenty years ago, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were in