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
At this time, there are no doubt scores of World War I articles and expositions being published right now. But I also want to talk about one of the more famous cultural homages to the First World War – the fourth and final series of the classic British series Blackadder;
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In December 2021 – just a few weeks before the Russian military incursion into Ukraine – something incredibly interesting happened. A United Nations resolution was presented, its purpose being to condemn Nazism or the ‘glorification of Nazism’. Only two countries voted AGAINST the resolution. Guess which ones? It was the
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On May 5th 2000, police in the south of France found a burnt body in the wreckage of a car, deep into the woods close to Nantes. The dead body was so extremely charred that it took a month for the DNA tests to ascertain the victim’s identity. The burnt
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I haven’t been able to stop marvelling at this one.
Human beings aren’t just getting greedier, but stupider. That’s according
So, a quick follow on from the post on the
The interesting thing about torture – aside from its ineffectiveness
Where to even begin? Implied murders? Missing babies? A reinforcement
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There are few, if any, MCU movies that I dislike.
I deliberately waited some time before attempting to write a
Mutant brothers and sisters, I am happy to announce the
What never ceases to amaze me about the Star Wars
Eighties kids and film fans have inevitably been getting excited
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Belated as it may be, I’m finally getting around to
It’s been 20 years, unbelievably, since Bjork released her second
While Glastonbury has been getting headlines recently, it’s worth saying
Twenty years ago, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were in
“You mean like a funeral?” the producer of Nirvana’s MTV