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Mar
19

NATIONAL TREASURE

There are many moments and events in history (both real and possibly invented) I would love to have been a
2 min read
Mar
19

THE HARDEST THING

You know the hardest thing Is to say goodbye to someone you love That's the hardest thing Putting
1 min read
Mar
17

LEGS MCSKALLY

She danced, every St Patrick’s Day, the jig, for the soaked and sodden men gathered in the low-lit
3 min read
Mar
09

THE WORLD WE KNEW

There was a brief shining moment during Iran’s 1960s–1970s modernisation period when the country opened its doors to
1 min read
Mar
08

THE NIGHTS BEFORE THE WORLD CHANGED

There are atmospheres, real and imagined, that haunt the mind in strange ways, like the faded photographs of the Titanic
3 min read
Mar
05

I AM A GOD

Trouble In Paradise Some levity is needed while the storm clouds of war encircle the globe lately, and for me
3 min read
Mar
05

THE MOUNTAIN

Damon Albarn has always been an artist I love to hate and hate to love. On one hand, there’s
3 min read
Mar
01

EDDIE MAGUIRE

They say a week is a long time in politics (and even this weekend has been pretty long, to say
3 min read
Feb
26

NO MORE PARTIES IN LA

It could almost have been a scene from Miyazaki's Spirited Away, a derelict mansion with its interiors hollowed
3 min read
Feb
17

LAST MAN STANDING

The Last Supper One of the best things about the internet is how casually a random fact can blow your
4 min read