There’s no question that the Ukraine situation is a quagmire. And the series of arrangements, miscalculations, provocations and maneuvers that have led to this impasse is ultimately a saga of manipulation and hypocrisy. And that it’s not even clear
It seems like the answer is simply yes. How else to explain things like the US President casually talking about “owning” Gaza and expelling its two million inhabitants to neighbouring countries? His recent ‘Trump Gaza’ promo video has to
Just when you might think it couldn’t get any more absurd or disgusting. Just when
This one is even less convincing than previous efforts. In fact, this one is extremely
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It was hailed as an immediate success of the Great Trump in his new presidency. After more than a year of
The other night, a convicted felon and a war criminal sat beside each other to answer questions from journalists. The longtime allies
Everything about this latest change in presidency in the US has felt slightly off. Amid everything else that drew attention around the
It was really sad hearing the news that legendary filmmaker and artist David Lynch had passed away. He has been not only
I wasn’t intending to post a full article on Musk’s antics at the Trump Inauguration, because it didn’t seem worth it. But
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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Are handwritten letters on the verge of extinction? And will anyone know to mourn their passing away from modern life? Some time ago, as part of a World Book Night event, Russell Brand took part in ‘Letters Live’ at London’s Southbank centre; he read a poignant handwritten letter that had
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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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April 30th marked 70 years to the day since Adolf
It won’t have escaped anyone’s attention that someone appears to
I’m not going to spend too long on this; as
Though the Zika virus was originally discovered in 1947, cases
You know, sometimes you start out with a simple question.
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Rita Hayworth is still one of the most iconic pop
‘Rewatch’ seems like an inadequate word; I’ve probably watched this
George Lucas’s final contribution to his epic Star Wars saga
Like a lot of people, I was left very unsure
I don’t quite get some of the online hate for
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I did whole, very long piece already on the Chris
So this feels really weird now. After Chris Cornell’s death
Alright, so ‘saved my life’ might be a slight overstatement.
“I’ve always detested mechanized dance music, its stupid simplicity, the
As a little kid, one of my very first musical