A Strike… Then Shock?
There’s something grimly impressive about Israel’s ability to bomb another country and then, with a perfectly straight face, act utterly outraged when someone dares to hit back. One might almost admire the sheer audacity—if it weren’t for the fact that it keeps resulting in massive loss of life, destabilised regions, and the slow, grinding demolition of international law.
Iran: Forever Just About to Go ...
England lost on Tuesday. No one cared. Why?
There was a time — not so long ago — when international football was the pinnacle of a player’s career. Pulling on the shirt of your country was the ultimate dream, the highest honour, the ticket to immortality. It was where legends were made, where the game transcended club allegiances and players became national heroes and household names.
Now? Now it’s a logistical headache, a ...
My recent trip to Belfast triggered the song Suspect Device by Stiff Little Fingers in my head. It came out of nowhere, sparked by a mural on the Shankill Road celebrating loyalist paramilitaries — the sort of imagery that still looms over parts of the city like a ghost from the past. As I stood there, one line from the song came flooding back into my head: “They’ll take away your freedom in the name of liberty.” It’s a line that is ...
A visit to Belfast isn’t complete without confronting its past. One of the most raw, revealing, and essential ways to do that is by taking a Troubles Taxi Tour through West Belfast — a journey into the very heart of a conflict that still casts a long shadow.
A Journey Through West Belfast
Your guide is typically a local, someone who lived through The Troubles, and what they offer is more than a history lesson. They drive you through ...
Nigel Farage has made a career out of shouting simple answers to complicated problems while holding a pint like it’s a crucifix and puffing a cigarette thinking he’s Churchill reincarnated—if Churchill had been sponsored by GB News and a dodgy hedge fund. But here’s the question: does he actually believe in the far-right populist nonsense he spouts, or is this just the most profitable midlife crisis in British history?
Ideologue or ...
