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17 JULY BANALITY OF IMMORALITY: WHERE DID SHAMIMA GET IT FROM?
THE COURT OF APPEAL HAS GRANTED SHAMIMA BEGUM LEAVE NOT TO REMAIN INDEFINITELY DETAINED IN A REFUGEE CAMP IN NORTHERN […]
12 JULY TWO OLD MEN AND THE TRUTH
ROGER STONE IS FOND OF HOMBURG HATS ALWAYS ENJOYED THE SPATS OF POLITICAL LIFE RIFE WITH STRIFE PUNKING […]
11 JULY TWO LUCKY TRAVELERS
‘AS GOOD AS GOD’ RAJESH RANA PAYS TRIBUTE TO A DIVINE GIFT AIRLIFTING A FEW OF MUMBAI’S INTERNAL MIGRANTS […]
8 JULY BRAZIL BEIRUT AND THE BOY CHANCELLOR
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS COMING UP TRUMPS FOR MINE SAYS THE ASININE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL SICKENING STILL HE AND THE COUNTRY […]
4 JULY CLIMBING OVER MOUNT RUSHMORE
KITSCH ME QUICK PANTOMIME PRESIDENT WANTS TO BE CARVED IN ROCK INSTEAD HE’S CARVING UP THE FACE OF AMERICA […]
2 JULY FROM HERE AND THERE IN SEARCH OF HARMONY
‘I HEREBY DECLARE’ THE ACTIVIST’S ANNOUNCEMENT SOUNDS PRETENTIOUS HE’S ONLY SAYING HE’LL DESIST FROM DEMOSISTO BUT THE REPRESSION […]
29 JUNE FOR THE JOURNEYS
WHEN PLANES FROM PORTUGAL WERE GROUNDED HE SET SAIL FOR ARGENTINA TO SEE HIS FISHERMAN FATHER 85 DAYS 6000 MILES […]
27 JUNE DOWN THE LINES
IT’S MY LINE OF WORK THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR SAYS BUT I’M TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT DEATH LOW PAID DOCTORS […]
25 JUNE A WORLD ON THE MOVE
WASHINGTON AWASH WITH THE WIND FROM MILITARY HELICOPTERS FLOWN AS LOW AS THEY CAN GO TO PUT THE WIND […]
23 JUNE IN THREE ACTS
‘I’M NO GRAVEDIGGER’ ‘I’M NO MIRACLE WORKER’ WITH NO ANSWERS TO SPEAK OF PRESIDENT BOLSONARO TAKES EVASIVE ACTION […]
21 JUNE LOOKING FOR A GARDEN
THE NATIONWIDE TRACING APP ALREADY SUNK SOON WITHOUT TRACE FOREIGN SECRETARY HASN’T HEARD OF COLIN KAEPERNICK MAYBE […]
19 JUNE A PANORAMIC VIEW
THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA BLEW UP ITS LIAISON OFFICE WITH THE SOUTH EXPLODED IT IN A DISPLAY WIDELY […]
15 JUNE MAN DOWN IN ATLANTA
OBEYING ORDERS HIS ARMS WERE ALREADY BEHIND HIS BACK WHEN SUDDENLY HE COULDN’T SUBMIT HIMSELF TO ANY MORE ABSURDITY OF […]
13 JUNE SPASM OF ICONOCLASM
THE STATUE’S IN THE DOCK BRISTOL SLAVER EDWARD COLSTON MARKET TRADER WHOSE STOCK WAS HUMAN LIFE ITSELF DROWNED OUT AT […]
11 JUNE RECESSION & SHE-CESSION
BABY BORN BUT DIED SOON AFTER MOTHER ON A VENTILATOR ALL THE WHILE IN THE NEXT ROOM MOTHER DIED […]
9 JUNE BEYOND LEFT AND RIGHT
‘ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA’ THE TERM THEY USE IN NICARAGUA TO HIDE THE CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL AMONG THE SANDANISTA THAT AND […]
7 JUNE FROM THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS IN LONDON
THEY ARE YOUNG THEY ARE INFINITELY STRONG LET’S HOPE THEY DON’T GET IT WRONG NEITHER FRESH FACED NOR CYNICAL MARCHING […]
5 JUNE WORLD OF INCONSISTENCY
THE DOW PLOWS UPWARDS 700 POINTS WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE BECOMES A FORTRESS PRESIDENTIAL ENTOURAGE FANS ACROSS THE SQUARE […]
3 JUNE AMONG THE HIGH NUMBERS
IGOR LEVIT’S FOREHEAD IS REDDENING THE TASK HE SET HIMSELF IS MADDENING PLAYING FOUR LINES OF PIANO MUSIC BY ERIK […]
1 JUNE SELF-HATING CHAUVINISM
WHAT WERE YOU THINKIN DEREK CHAUVIN WHEN YOU GAVE HIM THE KNEE? YOUR BARBARISM’S BLIND BUT UNBLINKIN UNTHINKIN CHAUVINISM […]
25 MAY POWER OF JUDGEMENT
PRISTINE GARDEN……AND A TABLE THAT’S COME OFF A CAMPSITE PRESS CORPS PARKED ON THE PRIME MINISTER’S LAWN LISTENING TO DOMINIC […]
24 MAY TROPHY HUNTERS
GRIZZLY OLD SODS WHOSE HALLS ARE DECKED WITH ANIMALS THEY’VE KILLED MOUNTED FROM THE NECK UP IN TODAY’S PAPERS NEXT […]
23 MAY QUERY FROM A HOMELESS MIND
PRESIDENT XI FROM BEHIND A MASK SHOWS CHINA’S DESIGNS ON HONG KONG PLOYS HIS PLAY WHILE THE WEST’S IN DISARRAY AIRBUS […]
21 MAY UPSIDE DOWN IS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD THAN THIS
CROSSING THE GARDEN FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THE NOISE OF TRAINS INTO LONDON SEEMS LOUDER THIS HOT NIGHT AS IF […]
19 MAY KILLING FELLAS IN FAVELAS
ORGANISED IN BRIGADES RIO’S POLICE ARE AN OCCUPYING ARMY EXCEPT THEY DON’T HAVE THE NUMBERS TO SETTLE IT DECISIVELY THEY […]
18 MAY GIRL NEXT DOOR TO TARGET
AYA HACHEM LIVED AN ORDERLY LIFE SECOND YEAR LAW STUDENT TRUSTEE TO A CHARITY ALREADY YOU CAN SEE THERE’D BE […]
16 MAY THERE’S RUNNING AND THERE’S RUNNING….
AHMAUD ARBERY WAS OUT RUNNING INTO THE McMICHAELS FATHER+SON OUT GUNNING IS THE WOODPILE STILL NIGGLY IN THE SOUTHERN STATE OF GEORGIA? DOES […]
13 MAY MORE RANDOM THAN RATIONAL
BELLY MUJINGA SOUNDS LIKE ZUMBA SOMETHING YOU DO WHILE THE RHUMBA’S OUT OF ORDER FOR THE FITNESS AND THE FUN […]
10 MAY THE PASSAGE HOME
GREEN MAN DRESSED AS A HEDGE TO ELUDE THE LAW OF LOCKDOWN WHAT LARKS IN LEAFY ENGLAND! IN INDIA NOT […]
8 MAY VICTORY WHAT VICTORY?
A YOUNG NURSE TOLD TO WARN THE GRANDPARENTS BEFORE THEY SAW THEIR WOUNDED BOY BOMBER PILOTS KIT UNPACKED WENT OUT […]
7 MAY CHEMICAL CITY
STYRENE BEING THE POISONOUS GAS THAT LEAKED OUT LAST NIGHT ACROSS THE INDIAN CITY OF VISAKHAPATNAM SHUT DOWN DURING LOCKDOWN RE-BOOTING THE FACTORY […]