“I have always liked men of strong contrasts”, a friend told me once under the frescoed ceiling of a Renaissance villa outside Rome. The place was hosting a contemporary art fair and we were...
President Obama has received significant criticism over his handling of the BP oil spill. Some of the criticism lacks much legitimacy; after all, Obama can’t personally go stop the oil spill. Obama...
Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. Fighting in built-up areas, street fighting, urban combat, call it what you will, is the real horror of modern...
Imagine your street. Imagine it strewn with litter and debris. Now imagine that any plastic bag you touch or Coke can you kick could annihilate you and a large proportion of your surroundings....
Thinking of going to see Quentin Tarantino’s "Inglorious Basterds" soon? You’ll need to brush up on your Second World War knowledge, Hollywood-style. Typically a bunch of mismatched guys, each...
There are no words to describe the feeling of adrenaline spiking through my system right now. There are no words to describe the feeling of being pushed by a police officer, someone who is paid with...
Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, of Likud, is on the verge of forging a government after five weeks or so of haggling. The announcement of a right-wing government will come soon, unless Bibi manages to...
In his speech to the Congress (and the world) on Tuesday night, Barack Obama outlined many changes that he plans to make going forward. He touched on education and health care reform, and had even...
In announcing the ceasefire in Gaza, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated that Israel had “reached all the goals of the war, and beyond.” It’s an odd choice of words, but I guess the right words...
For those of you just in from outer space, Israeli air strikes began against Hamas, a militant Islamist group, in the Gaza Strip on December 27 in response, the Israelis say, to the relentless but...
