Jun 02
I have to be honest. I have put off writing this review. Which may seem weird considering the fact that A Fort of Nine Towers is one of the most important books I have ever read. Many books change you, give you enjoyment, make you think, even change your outlook: A Fort of Nine Towers …
Oct 25
In this weeks New Statesman Russell Brand edits and rights a lengthy piece. Yes, that Russell Brand. He says he did it because a beautiful woman asked him (That would be Jemima Khan, his rumoured girlfriend). For his theme he chose revolution ‘because the New Statesman is a political magazine and imagining the overthrow of …
Nov 07
Carlos the Jackal, the notorious terrorist and assassin of the latter part of the last century hasn’t got a nail clipper and he’s peeved. It’s mainly because he’s doing a lot of press and he wants to be presentable, after all, it’s a basic human right to have as much chance of meeting Louis Theroux …
May 11
The son of Osama Bin Laden has released a statement say the killing of his Al Qaeda father was ‘criminal’ and that he reserves the right to sue the U.S government. The statement made by Omar Bin Laden did not however mention whether he also felt the victims of 9/11 should be able to sue …
May 02
Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed after US forces raided his hiding place in Pakistan. President Barack Obama said it was, ‘the most significant achievement to date in our efforts to defeat Al-Qaeda’. On Sunday a team of US forces undertook the operation in Abbottabad, a sleepy hollow 150 kilometres from Peshawar and …
Oct 14
Human memory is a fragile thing. Experiences of a lifetime shimmer and blur with the passing of the years. Embellished and edited, sometimes fiction can completely replace fact, even in our limited span. So why is it that roughly a third of the world’s population place their faith and actively worship on the basis on …
