Whenever I get into a conversation about what the best Christmas film is, I cite the same handful of movies as my personal picks. Obvious ones: the original 1947 Miracle on 34th Street or Capra’s universally loved It’s a Wonderful
So, a few things I’m lumping together here. But all around the theme of Christmastime. In truth it has all become a bit of a pantomime, as we’ll observe. It even features the pantomime villain – in the form of
So, a quick follow on from the post on the Bondi beach terror attack. The
Islamist gunmen opening fire on exclusively Jewish targets on a Sydney beach on the first
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A strange object is in our Solar System and is being closely observed. You’ve probably heard about it. It’d be astonishing if
Did Trump give Bill Clinton a blowjob? I’m going to guess probably not. But the fact that this question is even
It was in March 2003 that Britain joined the United States in the illegal invasion of Iraq. As is by now commonly
Soundgarden has just been inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. A new album, featuring Chris Cornell’s final work with
The recent War of the Worlds movie was a total flop and has been trashed by pretty much everyone. Some have called
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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So… the Pentagon’s long-awaited and much-hyped report on UFOs has arrived. And, perhaps predictably, nothing much has been said or established in the report. The merely nine-page document seems to express next to nothing: and leaves the entire matter completely open-ended. Which raises the question of what all this hype
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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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What Jeffrey Epstein’s brother just said is very telling. And
DMX was one of the very few ‘mainstream’ rap or
The ‘Omicron Variant’, despite sounding like a sci-fi novel title,
In the immediate aftermath of the death of Pope Francis,
It was a bit funny that at more or less
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The release of the Laurel and Hardy film biopic Stan
Very few people would deny that Darth Vader is one
Whilst the Star Trek franchise is generally as mainstream as
There is something that occurred to me ever since seeing
I had to take a moment to mention the passing
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So the Chris Cornell tribute concert took place on Wednesday
Alright, so ‘saved my life’ might be a slight overstatement.
Pearl Jam’s induction into the Hall of Fame could probably
On October 21st 1995, the 28 year-old Shannon Hoon was
Considered the ‘darkest album in the history’ of music, and