One hundred years ago Albert Einstein, in his General Theory of Relativity, predicted the existence of a Dark Side of the Force to the cosmos. He postulated the presence of invisible “gravitational waves” – ripples in space-time produced by some of the most violent events in our vast cosmic timeline; exploding stars, black hole collisions, and […]
More than 200 people gathered outside Holloway Prison for a candle-lit vigil on Tuesday to honour Sarah Reed – a 32-year-old victim of police violence who was found dead in her cell a month ago. Sarah Reed was a woman who was subjected to some shocking police brutality and whose assault was caught on camera […]
Serena Shim and Michael Hastings are two examples, among numerous others, of journalists being harshly silenced for getting too close to exposing highly inconvenient truths. Serena Shim (October 10th 1985 – October 19th 2014) was an American-Lebanese journalist. Her tragic death came just two days after a video interview in which she claimed Turkish intelligence […]
The arrival of the new mini-series of The X-Files, which will feed the nostalgia needs of millions of long-time fans of the series (myself included), has also been met by some scepticism from a few conspiracy enthusiasts who are viewing the return of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully as a CIA or ‘Illuminati’-backed enterprise to ‘soft […]
There seems to have been less mainstream media attention than there should be concerning the Turkish state’s escalating policy of curfews, military incursions and violent crackdowns on Kurdish towns and cities of south-eastern Turkey. Turkish tanks are reported to have been shelling the town of Cizre, while military operations in Diyarbakir and Silopi are ongoing. […]
There are few modern actors or famous entertainers who have as much effortless charisma as Alan Rickman. There aren’t many people who could narrate about a tortoise munching a strawberry and make it entertaining. But Alan Rickman can pull that off, as he did when he lent his voice to this video just last month, […]
It’s really weird when someone like David Bowie dies, because he’s one of those people who seems immortal, like they’ll be around forever; like he’s such a permanent part of the cultural landscape that he couldn’t possibly not be there anymore. It’s as if the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty were suddenly gone […]
I deliberately waited some time before attempting to write a review of Star Wars: Episode VII, as when it concerns something like Star Wars one really needs time to process their reaction before committing to a viewpoint. I also don’t like posting anything amid the flurry of knee-jerk reactions and reviews that accompany the release, […]
A magical star leading three mysterious ‘wise men’ from the East across miles and miles of wilderness to a small, obscure town. And a troubled husband and wife travelling on donkey, social outcasts turned away by one apathetic towns-person after another, desperate for a simple act of human compassion to offer a place for the […]
One doesn’t have to be religious or Christian to appreciate the compelling and magical properties of the Nativity narrative, with all its evocative and timeless images and ideas and everything it evokes. But anyone expecting to find any of that magic in modern day Bethlehem would be disappointed. Because, as is usually the case, reality […]
