As ominous ‘black rain’ was falling over Tehran, the US/Israeli Holy War in Iran entered week two. There’s a lot else too. All we can do at this stage is keep taking notes: documenting the insanity as it continues to
“The President was shocked this morning when he learned of the new Israeli bombardment of west Beirut…” and ”expressed his outrage.” No, of course we’re not talking about Trump and Netanyahu here. The above description is of Ronald Reagan‘s
“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to
The devastating attacks on both Iraq (2003) and Libya (2011) were launched on symbolically significant
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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
On February 3rd, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was murdered in his home in Zintan, Libya. Four unidentified gunmen invaded the property and opened
Where to even begin? Implied murders? Missing babies? A reinforcement of Pizzagate…? And plenty of ambiguity and continued enigma. And that’s barely scratching
Some kind of US attack on Iran seems to be imminent. Iran hasn’t been out of the news for weeks, since protests
You don’t have to be Christian or even religious to appreciate the compelling and magical properties of the Nativity story, with its evocative and timeless images and the ideas it evokes. The imagery and mythology of the Nativity narrative – Magi, star, Herod and all – is something I’ve explored
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Today the world will say its final goodbye to one of the greatest cultural figures – and probably the most charismatic – of the 20th century. And also the greatest sports star probably of all time.
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This year’s Christmas piece was originally going to be like last year’s and focus on an element of the Nativity tradition; instead, given current events and the popular reaction to them, I decided to go with a different subject – specifically, Islam and Christianity. There is now, perhaps inevitably, a
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Jerusalem is regarded as an international city, under a world
In honour of the new Ms Marvel title and its
This is probably the most important thing that will be
What Jeffrey Epstein’s brother just said is very telling. And
The various Holocaust memorial events across Europe that marked the
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Do Luke Skywalker and Tony Stark essentially get the same
Instead of doing the usual thing this Halloween, like watching
A brief moment to pay tribute to someone that people
There is something that occurred to me ever since seeing
Whether it’s the journey from Trevorrow‘s ‘Duel of the Fates’
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So. I was supposed to be at the Pearl Jam
Every couple of months, in the last few years, it
Along with the twentieth anniversary of Live Through This, a
Twenty years ago, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were in
This is a complex one. But highly interesting. And probably