What are they doing up there? Or, to repeat myself from a few years ago, ‘What the F**k is Happening on the Moon?’ The Artemis II mission to the moon has been surrounded by significant hype and excitement: justifiably
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again…’ So said the ‘Prince of Peace’ in a badly judged and widely condemned public statement on Tuesday. Yes, much has been made of Trump’s ominous statements about annihilating
A simple proposition: is the long-awaited destruction of the Al-Aqsa mosque about to be carried
“He’s no Churchill…” President Trump famously said of the British Prime Minister weeks ago. This
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So, it looks like Bibi isn’t dead: but it was a fun diversion for some while it lasted. In fairness, the online
As ominous ‘black rain’ was falling over Tehran, the US/Israeli Holy War in Iran entered week two. There’s a lot else too.
“The President was shocked this morning when he learned of the new Israeli bombardment of west Beirut…” and ”expressed his outrage.” No,
“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon…” Events unfolding in the Middle
The devastating attacks on both Iraq (2003) and Libya (2011) were launched on symbolically significant dates. So too with this war on
The Mausoleum of Augustus should probably rank as one of the most significant historical sites in the world. We are referring, after all, to what was the final resting place of one of the most important and famous figures of history: and not just of himself, but of his entire
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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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As a few days ago marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of Muammar Gaddafi, I decided to mark it with a more low-key, fun-ish look back at Libya’s former national figurehead. A more serious piece on the life and character of one of the most controversial world figures of
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In this article, I want to square in on why
Instead of doing the usual thing this Halloween, like watching
The recent Apple Maps picture of an unidentified object in
The interesting thing about torture – aside from its ineffectiveness
It gets tedious after enough time to keep going on
Film
Guardians of the Galaxy was about as enjoyable as I
One of the (many) weird things about the pandemic was,
In a mansion in the fictional Xanadu, a vast palatial
So, let’s talk about one of the most overlooked, underrated
With the classic Monty Python line-up being talked about a
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Music
I’ve already published a long reaction/opinion piece on the Chris
Soundgarden has just been inducted into the Rock n’ Roll
Kristin Hersh’s debut solo album Hips and Makers, released in
The term ‘icon’ gets thrown around a little too casually
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen