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
Have you illegally invaded another country and waged war? Do you stand convicted of war
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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
There is something innately fascinating about, not so much the judicial process as a whole, but the institution of the trial itself. That’s why court-room dramas are so popular. From classic films like To Kill a Mockingbird, 12 Angry Men or even the trial of Kirk and McCoy in Star
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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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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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The case of escaped prisoner Daniel Abed Khalife, who has
I would love to have been a fly on the
The even more serious question might be ‘What almost happened?’
I don’t usually do these kinds of subjects, for various
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen
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So, I don’t necessarily like doing this sort of thing.
To mark Easter Sunday, I’ve decided to pay respect to
I had to take a moment to mention the passing
Across three seasons of groundbreaking television with Star Trek (and
‘Rewatch’ seems like an inadequate word; I’ve probably watched this
Comics
Music
‘The 20 Greatest Album Covers’ according to The Burning Blogger,
“This is not pop music,” REM’s Michael Stipe says, as
So this feels really weird now. After Chris Cornell’s death
I did whole, very long piece already on the Chris
Much as I slated the Kurt Cobain statue in Aberdeen