Since his accession to leadership of the Labour Party, barely a day has gone by without the political establishment and mainstream media engaging in anti-Corbyn, anti-Leftist propaganda or questioning Corbyn’s ‘legitimacy’ as leader of the opposition. It was clear from the start that the establishment media has been on a mission to eat away at […]
So yesterday was Star Wars Day. I’m a day late, but I spent most of yesterday getting back to my foremost passion in life – defending the genius of George Lucas and trying to explain that he created one of the greatest and most under-appreciated works of art in all history. I could apply that […]
Here is the latest podcast, featuring I, the Burning Blogger of Bedlam, and my co-conspirator Mumra 2K. You can download the mp3 using the link below; or you can listen to it using the media player. Discussed in this podcast; Mumra 2K recommends JJ Abrams’ new ‘Cloverfield‘ movie. When trailers give too much away. How […]
Leicester City being crowned English Premier League champions ranks without doubt as one of the greatest sports stories of modern times. Leicester’s historic victory has cost English bookmakers their biggest ever pay-out. They were given 5000-1 odds of winning the league at the start of the season. As several commentators have noted, you would’ve gotten […]
Here is the latest podcast, featuring the Burning Blogger of Bedlam and old-time film reviewer and now international jet-setter Mumra 2K; with discussion of the Star Wars: Rogue One trailer and various other subjects. Use the download link below or you can listen to it in the player. Topics (roughly in order) include; Star Wars: […]
Americans reportedly dump some 35 billion plastic bottles every year. Most of the rest of the world doesn’t fare much better. At least half of the plastic manufactured is designed to be used only once and then thrown away. The plastic takes centuries to decompose, resulting ultimately in landfills and beaches being inundated with these single-use […]
Non-profit humanitarian organisation ‘Planting Peace’ hit on a pitch-perfect way to respond to the Mississippi law that now essentially legalizes discrimination against the LGBT community. Planting Peace put up a billboard in Jackson, Mississippi, depicting a face-palming Jesus and the words, “Guys, I said I hate figs and to love thy neighbor”. The clever reference […]
If ever proof were needed that we inhabit an increasingly toxic, divisive climate, and that the modern arena of social media is awash in negativity, hatred and quick-fire BS of an insidious nature, then the incredibly brief saga of Microsoft’s short-lived ‘AI Chat-Bot’ serves as both an amusing and somewhat depressing reminder. Microsoft’s ‘AI chatbot’, […]
“Every person has two homelands,” the French archaeologist Andre Parrot once commented ; “His own and Syria”. T.E Lawrence (of Arabia), who spent a great deal of time exploring Syria, wrote specifically of Palmyra; “Nothing in this scorching, desolate land could be so refreshing”. It might also have been Lawrence who labelled Palmyra (or the […]
To mark Easter Sunday, I’ve decided to pay respect to a largely forgotten film that no one ever talks about, but that I think is utterly worth mention. That film was called The Greatest Story Ever Told; a 1965 Biblical epic produced and directed by George Stevens. Now first off – I’m not big into […]
