Putting everything into perspective. Laniakea — Hawaiian for “immeasurable heaven” — is the vast area of the universe that’s home to the Milky Way which is tiny in the greater scheme of things. Human beings are the most amazing creatures; this planet and everything alive or that’s ever been alive is a complete fluke in […]
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Why is Peter Capaldi flashing his red bits like a lady baboon, and other questions. SPOILER ALERT Anna Chen’s review of Dr Who “Deep Breath” first broadcast BBC1, Saturday 23rd August 2014 The Dalek was eyeing up some poor bastard on the far side of the room. It hadn’t yet seen me, so I backed
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Oh, this really, REALLY hurts. Yesterday Robin Williams passed away; today, I find out that one of my all-time favourites, LAUREN BACALL, one of Hollywood’s great beauties, also died aged 89. Bronx-born Betty Perske was the star of To Have and Have Not at 19, going on the weave her screen magic in The Big
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To add to the current wave of global misery, Robin Williams was found dead this morning, suspected of committing suicide after well-known bouts of depression. Deepest sympathy to his family and friends. It must have been in the 1980s (maybe earlier) but the story I was told shortly after I moved into leafy West Hampstead
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Israel should end the siege, end the blockade and allow Gaza to grow. There’s only one people being pushed into the sea right now and it’s Gazans. A coastal sliver about 25 by seven miles — an area of 360 sq km into which 1.8 million people have been rammed, 60 per cent of whom
I so want to do this journey. Two Dutchmen, Maren Striker and Rogier Bikker, are driving the Silk Road route from Shanghai to Rotterdam using nothing but Chinese brand goods. One car, three months, eleven countries, 20,000 miles and a lot of sponsorship from July 26th to October 31st. The car, the phone, even their
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