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
News
“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
It has become increasingly evident in the last several years that if the full truth about possible child abuse among the British Establishment (and beyond) ever comes out, we could witness the complete collapse of the Establishment. Indeed, other Establishments may follow, as the (alleged) cover-up appears to stretch beyond
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This year’s Christmas piece was originally going to be like last year’s and focus on an element of the Nativity tradition; instead, given current events and the popular reaction to them, I decided to go with a different subject – specifically, Islam and Christianity. There is now, perhaps inevitably, a
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It is a fascinating, though rather grim, story, spanning the First World War, the creation of the states of Israel, Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia, and taking in Lawrence of Arabia, all the way to the fall of Gadaffi in Libya, the Syria Civil War and Rise of the so-called Islamic
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It sounds like bleak science-fiction; a side note in some
Having reiterated the general case for Princess Diana (and Dodi
An update on the ‘Jade Helm’ business. A nice lady
Queen Nefertiti has remained one of the most fascinating, elusive
It gets tedious after enough time to keep going on
Film
So a new blockbuster called Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has just
With the classic Monty Python line-up being talked about a
“Omar Sharif…? No one is called Omar Sharif! Your name
The X-Men film franchise in general has been a mixed
I wasn’t necessarily disappointed by the Justice League film –
Comics
Music
In September, a 20th anniversary edition of In Utero is
Yeah, seriously. And you don’t even have to ‘win’ the
I just saw one of the best shows of my
Noticing that yesterday marked twenty years to the day of
For at least two months after Chris Cornell died a