What are they doing up there? Or, to repeat myself from a few years ago, ‘What the F**k is Happening on the Moon?’ The Artemis II mission to the moon has been surrounded by significant hype and excitement: justifiably
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again…’ So said the ‘Prince of Peace’ in a badly judged and widely condemned public statement on Tuesday. Yes, much has been made of Trump’s ominous statements about annihilating
A simple proposition: is the long-awaited destruction of the Al-Aqsa mosque about to be carried
“He’s no Churchill…” President Trump famously said of the British Prime Minister weeks ago. This
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So, it looks like Bibi isn’t dead: but it was a fun diversion for some while it lasted. In fairness, the online
As ominous ‘black rain’ was falling over Tehran, the US/Israeli Holy War in Iran entered week two. There’s a lot else too.
“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
You might’ve heard announcements this week that the mysterious Shroud of Turin has apparently been successfully dated to the time of Jesus. After decades of claims and counter-claims, this latest claim – which purports to be decisive, but will probably be contested further – seems to suggest the legendary cloth
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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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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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Before the usual calls to either (a) give away all
In the immediate aftermath of the death of Pope Francis,
It won’t have escaped anyone’s attention that someone appears to
There’s a robot head on the Moon. Did you know
In honour of the new Ms Marvel title and its
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The passing of Peter O’Toole in December 2013 was a
The online harassment of actress Kelly Marie Tran (who portrays
So, let’s talk about one of the most overlooked, underrated
Killing Gaza is a film chronicle of the extraordinary suffering
Like a lot of people, I was left very unsure
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Music
Long-awaited albums are not an uncommon phenomenon in modern music,
On October 21st 1995, the 28 year-old Shannon Hoon was
February 1st 2015 marks twenty years to the day since
Considered the ‘darkest album in the history’ of music, and
Soundgarden has just been inducted into the Rock n’ Roll