On February 3rd, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was murdered in his home in Zintan, Libya. Four unidentified gunmen invaded the property and opened fire. The 53 year-old son of the late Muammar Gaddafi is reported to have tried to fight back,
Where to even begin? Implied murders? Missing babies? A reinforcement of Pizzagate…? And plenty of ambiguity and continued enigma. And that’s barely scratching the surface. The release of some three million files relating to Jeffrey Epstein on January 30th kicked up
Some kind of US attack on Iran seems to be imminent. Iran hasn’t been out
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“Venezuela’s struggle is Israel’s struggle…” Guess who said that? It sounds like something Netanyahu would say. But no, it wasn’t him.
The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents could be a turning point, according to some. Then again, maybe
The protests in Tehran have been somewhat overshadowed by what the US just did in Venezuela. But the situation appears to be
So, no one really needs a recap of what transpired in Caracas on the third day of the new year. Essentially, US
On September 1st 1918, Damascus fell. Or was liberated – depending on your perspective. It fell to the Arab Revolt, carried out
100 years ago, the First World War was a devastating conflict in which many millions of people lost their lives and in which the political, social and even geographical state of the world was changed forever. But, far from being the “war to end all wars”, the consequences of World
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Why on earth has Ben Hur been re-made? If we’re talking about completely unnecessary remakes, you could barely get any more unnecessary than trying to remake a movie that is already an absolute classic.
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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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We already looked at reasons why the Orlando Massacre was
So here’s a question: who remember’s Gaddafi’s claim back in
So it’s been practically impossible to avoid all of the
The various Holocaust memorial events across Europe that marked the
As a few days ago marked the fifth anniversary of
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Well, obviously, I wouldn’t be asking the question if I
So Hillary is being investigated again by the FBI? The
Needless to say, this is my provisional review of The
There has been, ever since The Force Awakens came out,
I’ve already published a proper review of the Captain Marvel
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Yeah, seriously. And you don’t even have to ‘win’ the
It’s really weird when someone like David Bowie dies, because
‘The 20 Greatest Album Covers’ according to The Burning Blogger,
So this feels really weird now. After Chris Cornell’s death
So Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam caused “controversy” after their