“Venezuela’s struggle is Israel’s struggle…” Guess who said that? It sounds like something Netanyahu would say. But no, it wasn’t him. While Western media and political response to the US action in Venezuela has been mixed, one thing has
The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents could be a turning point, according to some. Then again, maybe it’s just another day in Making America Safe Again. The video footage has been analysed and poured
The protests in Tehran have been somewhat overshadowed by what the US just did in
So, no one really needs a recap of what transpired in Caracas on the third
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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
A friend of mine reached out to me on Christmas Eve, in dire need. I’ve known her primarily through her online blogging
Whenever I get into a conversation about what the best Christmas film is, I cite the same handful of movies as my
So, a few things I’m lumping together here. But all around the theme of Christmastime. In truth it has all become a
So, a quick follow on from the post on the Bondi beach terror attack. The previous post was more focused on the
On the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, the world-changing event – which, combined with the bombing of Nagasaki, is the only (officially) recorded use of a nuclear bomb against an enemy target – still divides opinion. The famous, haunting statement by Robert J. Oppenheimer,
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“Every person has two homelands,” the French archaeologist Andre Parrot once commented; “His own and Syria”. T.E Lawrence (of Arabia), who spent a great deal of time exploring Syria, wrote specifically of Palmyra; “Nothing in this scorching, desolate land could be so refreshing”. It might also have been Lawrence who
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The riddle of the Roman ‘ghost legions’ is one of the most fascinating anomalies or urban legends around, particularly in Britain. As it’s that time of the year, I want to briefly come back into this area – particularly for how the mystery of the spectral legions can also lead
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It was a bit funny that at more or less
The interesting thing about torture – aside from its ineffectiveness
So, and perhaps inevitably (?), I’ve been kicked off Twitter…
With most developed countries now well into the process of
So it’s been practically impossible to avoid all of the
Film
There has been, ever since The Force Awakens came out,
It’s hard for people sometimes to explain why someone mattered
In anticipation of release of the latest Star Wars film
Mutant brothers and sisters, I am happy to announce the
One of the biggest complains that some fans had with
Comics
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On 5th April it will be precisely 20 years since
It’s been 20 years, unbelievably, since Bjork released her second
There are bands. And there are albums. And then there’s
“I’ve always detested mechanized dance music, its stupid simplicity, the
The news that broke yesterday that Mark Lanegan had died