I have always been a bit uncomfortable with fictionalisation of the holocaust. However there is one film that I thought captured a fragment of that hell, and which was a truly astonishing piece of ar… (View Post)

I just came back from a concert of the music of Lord of the Rings. The orchestra was Ukrainian and most of them were not much more than teenagers, since older players are subject to the draft. Althou… (View Post)

But mostly crazy (View Post)

So he beat the odds, so what? This is a betting site, do you not understand probabilities? You might beat the odds but that doesn't change them. (View Post)

The UK falls to its lowest level ever on the Corruption perceptions index. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/30/uk-perceived-as-more-corrupt-lowest-score-global-index-transparency-internatio… (View Post)