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
You might’ve heard announcements this week that the mysterious Shroud of Turin has apparently been successfully dated to the time of Jesus. After decades of claims and counter-claims, this latest claim – which purports to be decisive, but will probably be contested further – seems to suggest the legendary cloth
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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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Much has been made in the days since the death of Muhammad Ali about the ‘whitewashing’ of his life and legacy.
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Have you fallen down the ‘Q-Anon’ rabbit hole yet? Let’s
It has become increasingly evident in the last several years
I would love to have been a fly on the
So it’s been practically impossible to avoid all of the
The latest apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump seems to
It’s a weird, difficult time to be a Star Wars
With the classic Monty Python line-up being talked about a
Someone asked me the other day why I’ve been so
Eighties kids and film fans have inevitably been getting excited
So Star Wars is now in the hands of Disney:
Someone, via social media, criticised me for writing such a
DMX was one of the very few ‘mainstream’ rap or
This summer is the 20th year since the release of
Following, somewhat fortuitously from an article here a few weeks
I just saw one of the best shows of my
