A strange object is in our Solar System and is being closely observed. You’ve probably heard about it. It’d be astonishing if you haven’t heard about it. Since it’s detection in July, barely a day has gone by without 3i/ATLAS
Did Trump give Bill Clinton a blowjob? I’m going to guess probably not. But the fact that this question is even being asked says everything about the abject state of affairs that is now normal. Ten years ago
It was in March 2003 that Britain joined the United States in the illegal invasion
Soundgarden has just been inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. A new
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The recent War of the Worlds movie was a total flop and has been trashed by pretty much everyone. Some have called
“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on…” Guess who said that
Has anyone been keeping up with the Tommy Show? The con artist popularly known as ‘Tommy Robinson‘ has been in Israel for
I had to take a moment to mention the passing of Drew Struzan, the prolific pop culture artist. Even if you’d never
Ben Shapiro unironically called it ‘a religious event’. I don’t know what to call it exactly: on paper it was the formalisation
Why on earth has Ben Hur been re-made? If we’re talking about completely unnecessary remakes, you could barely get any more unnecessary than trying to remake a movie that is already an absolute classic.
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History is cyclical, they say. Or, to quote George Lucas, “it’s like poetry, it rhymes.” That idea has been very much in mind as I’ve watched this Imran Khan saga and the degradation in Pakistan’s politics unfolding. I examined the important details concerning Khan’s removal from office here: and, crucially,
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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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On the 10th anniversary since the sad passing of Christopher
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Nirvana legend Krist Novoselic has entered into the controversy over
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Pearl Jam’s induction into the Hall of Fame could probably
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