Roger Livesey is an underrated actor. (It's impossible I think to imagine Olivier, who was first choice for the role, producing so human a performance (View Post)

If these figures are correct, why are we bothering to deploy any fast jets to the region ? While high-end assets like THAAD and the F-35 grab all the headlines, a "blue-collar" hero, as I l… (View Post)

"A little disruption" ? What do you think the effect of the world's largest gas field being put out of action (and there is a serious risk of that - a single missile took out a fifth o… (View Post)

Only an hour after we learn that Russians tried to stage a fake assassination attempt for Victor Orban to help him in the coming election, Trump releases a video promoting him. https://x.com/JayinKyi… (View Post)

Quite likely; I'm not advocating it for a moment. But you can't ignore the change in perceptions of China versus the US. There are not a few countries where the China option is starting to … (View Post)