A simple proposition: is the long-awaited destruction of the Al-Aqsa mosque about to be carried out… by Iran? This has started to seem like a real possibility. Could the Israelis stage an event to look like an Iranian missile
“He’s no Churchill…” President Trump famously said of the British Prime Minister weeks ago. This was of course the US President’s typically childish response to Kier Starmer choosing not to recklessly plunge UK forces into the unprovoked war of aggression
So, it looks like Bibi isn’t dead: but it was a fun diversion for some
As ominous ‘black rain’ was falling over Tehran, the US/Israeli Holy War in Iran entered
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“The President was shocked this morning when he learned of the new Israeli bombardment of west Beirut…” and ”expressed his outrage.” No,
“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon…” Events unfolding in the Middle
The devastating attacks on both Iraq (2003) and Libya (2011) were launched on symbolically significant dates. So too with this war on
Well, one ambiguity from the recent drop of Epstein files was promptly cleared up. The initially redacted name of the sender of
Hey, have you seen the footage?! Jeffrey Epstein is alive! Here he is, filmed in Israel! Yes, this clearly AI-generated imagery is
In 2008 or 2009, the BBC made a documentary on life inside Libya: I remember it because I watched it at the time of its broadcast. Up until the beginning of 2011, that video was available on You Tube. Once the international community had made up its mind – after
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As a few days ago marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of Muammar Gaddafi, I decided to mark it with a more low-key, fun-ish look back at Libya’s former national figurehead. A more serious piece on the life and character of one of the most controversial world figures of
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A magical star leading three mysterious ‘wise men’ from the East across miles and miles of wilderness to a small, obscure town. And a troubled husband and wife travelling on donkey, social outcasts turned away by one apathetic towns-person after another, desperate for a simple act of human compassion to
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So, a quick follow on from the post on the
So, the Charlie Kirk thing keeps going and going. I’ve
I’m not going to spend too long on this; as
The last couple of days have seen a resurgence in
So… how do you even write about COVID or the
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In the sixth Star Trek film, The Undiscovered Country, Ambassador
2014 marked three decades since the death of Richard Burton.
Now three decades old, the Search For Spock – the
There has been, ever since The Force Awakens came out,
“Omar Sharif…? No one is called Omar Sharif! Your name
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So. Soup. If you’ve already heard it, you probably don’t
It’s really weird when someone like David Bowie dies, because
This April marked the 20th anniversary of the release of
I did whole, very long piece already on the Chris
Between 1987 and 2001, Kat Bjelland (vocals, guitar), Lori Barbero