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
He walked up to the podium to address the UN General Assembly. All eyes in the chamber were on the strange, eccentric figure, whose invitation to New York had been the subject of great controversy and coverage. Staring out at all the delegations of world government, he acted out ripping
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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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To say that Britain had been propelled into a kind of mania in the days following the death of Her Majesty the Queen would be a bit of an understatement. For ten days after the news broke of the passing of Elizabeth II, almost no other news or subject existed.
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If you happened to enter a hotel lobby or some
‘Yes’… is the short answer. I wouldn’t have bothered writing
It’s a curious error; assuming it was an error at
One of the (many) weird things about the pandemic was,
A couple of days ago, media outlets in the UK
Film
You never forget your first love, they say. Carrie Fisher
So a new blockbuster called Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has just
Very few people would deny that Darth Vader is one
What is the greatest moment or scene in all of
There is something that occurred to me ever since seeing
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I don’t usually do these kinds of subjects, for various
Considered the ‘darkest album in the history’ of music, and
There are bands. And there are albums. And then there’s
So. Soup. If you’ve already heard it, you probably don’t
Hated by many, maligned by many more, mocked and frequently