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
Every few Christmases, I tend to re-read Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as the book has always had a hold on me ever since I first read it as a child. When I read it as a child, I had no real social conscience or understanding, of course – I simply
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You might’ve heard that the US has left Afghanistan. After twenty years there, the US and the international forces have pulled out. They tried to do it pretty quietly. So quietly, in fact, that the overnight departure from the Bagram Air Base was something the Afghan commander there didn’t even
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“…in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death…” “…I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us
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This is probably the most important thing that will be
So. Sorry if this is a little late. But I
And it is a pretty big rabbit-hole – based entirely
One of the (many) weird things about the pandemic was,
Queen Nefertiti has remained one of the most fascinating, elusive
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“Omar Sharif…? No one is called Omar Sharif! Your name
I had to take a moment to mention the passing
It’s a weird, difficult time to be a Star Wars
Kylo Ren – or Ben Solo – the primary antagonist
Now three decades old, the Search For Spock – the
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I remember the first time I started paying attention to
The news that broke yesterday that Mark Lanegan had died
Nirvana legend Krist Novoselic has entered into the controversy over
I wanted to make sure I put up something –
There are bands. And there are albums. And then there’s