The latest reports from Syria are horrifying. In the few months following the collapse of the Assad government, international coverage of Syria has largely disappeared. Which meant either that nothing much was happening (unlikely): or that international media largely preferred
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
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 lazy. You would, at this point,
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
So… the Pentagon’s long-awaited and much-hyped report on UFOs has arrived. And, perhaps predictably, nothing much has been said or established in the report. The merely nine-page document seems to express next to nothing: and leaves the entire matter completely open-ended. Which raises the question of what all this hype
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A recent announcement in the press says an ancient ring found in Bethlehem ‘belonged to the man who crucified Jesus’. The man they refer to is actually the Prefect or Governor, Pontius Pilate – so, strictly speaking, not ‘the man crucified Jesus’, but the man who okayed the crucifixion. The
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“Every person has two homelands,” the French archaeologist Andre Parrot once commented; “His own and Syria”. T.E Lawrence (of Arabia), who spent a great deal of time exploring Syria, wrote specifically of Palmyra; “Nothing in this scorching, desolate land could be so refreshing”. It might also have been Lawrence who
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As Mossad operations go, this one was technically impressive. Not
I mean that pretty much sums it up. Which is
The recent anniversary of 9/11 got me thinking about some
The ‘Omicron Variant’, despite sounding like a sci-fi novel title,
A curious disc-like object pouring smoke and hovering over buildings
Christopher Lee, aside from being one of the last greats,
X-Men: Days of Future Past is good. Really good. I
You might’ve heard already, but there’s a Supergirl live-action TV
I always thought The Mandalorian would be good. While I
There has been, ever since The Force Awakens came out,
Between 1987 and 2001, Kat Bjelland (vocals, guitar), Lori Barbero
On October 21st 1995, the 28 year-old Shannon Hoon was
While Glastonbury has been getting headlines recently, it’s worth saying
As much as I have mixed feelings about Nirvana’s imminent
So with Courtney Love in the UK playing live shows
