Whenever I get into a conversation about what the best Christmas film is, I cite the same handful of movies as my personal picks. Obvious ones: the original 1947 Miracle on 34th Street or Capra’s universally loved It’s a Wonderful
So, a few things I’m lumping together here. But all around the theme of Christmastime. In truth it has all become a bit of a pantomime, as we’ll observe. It even features the pantomime villain – in the form of
So, a quick follow on from the post on the Bondi beach terror attack. The
Islamist gunmen opening fire on exclusively Jewish targets on a Sydney beach on the first
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A strange object is in our Solar System and is being closely observed. You’ve probably heard about it. It’d be astonishing if
Did Trump give Bill Clinton a blowjob? I’m going to guess probably not. But the fact that this question is even
It was in March 2003 that Britain joined the United States in the illegal invasion of Iraq. As is by now commonly
Soundgarden has just been inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. A new album, featuring Chris Cornell’s final work with
The recent War of the Worlds movie was a total flop and has been trashed by pretty much everyone. Some have called
Whatever we may or may not think about Fidel Castro and his long era in Cuba (all of which is difficult, complex and debatable), it has to be said that there is something poetically pleasing about the fact that he survived some 634 assassination attempts, outlasted nine US Presidents and
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April 30th marked 70 years to the day since Adolf Hitler is recorded by history to have met his infamous end; taking his own life in a Berlin bunker as the city lay in ruins around him, the war lost. The image of a defeated, deflated Hitler confined to his
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The Roswell Incident is, of course, one of the most famous – perhaps the most famous – incident in the modern mythology/history of UFOs (or Flying Saucers, as they were regarded at the time). The prevailing belief of many is that a spacecraft of extra-terrestrial origin crashed in New Mexico
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Having reiterated the general case for Princess Diana (and Dodi
The Minneapolis school shooter was a weird guy. Robin/Robert Westman
Masked men, showing up without warning. Often with no warrants,
Hollywood movies and other media being used for propaganda purposes
About the Orlando Massacre narrative: subsequent oddities and inconsistencies in
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It’s hard for people sometimes to explain why someone mattered
I always thought The Mandalorian would be good. While I
“So this is how liberty dies,” she says, with a
There has been, ever since The Force Awakens came out,
Today the world will say its final goodbye to one
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So with Courtney Love in the UK playing live shows
“The song is about a person who’s beyond depressed; they’re
The Foo Fighters are back with a shiny new album
So, I went back and forth for a few days
I wanted to make sure I put up something –