More than just green beer When most people think of St Patrick’s Day, they picture hordes of revellers draped in green, pints of Guinness raised to the heavens, and the occasional person who’s “just a little bit Irish” on March […]
The scenes from Tehran’s streets in early 2026 told a story that hadn’t been written in Iran for decades. Fireworks exploded overhead, horns blared through traffic-clogged boulevards, and young people ran through the avenues, some weeping with joy, others laughing
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The Iran conflict escalation probability is no longer a theoretical debate. As of 5 March 2026, six days into one of the most significant military operations the Middle East has ever seen, the question of whether this war stays regional
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On 2 July 1937, pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during their audacious attempt to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe. Their final radio transmission, “We are on the
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Is the 27 Club real? Why do so many famous musicians die at 27? The list reads like a devastating roll call of musical genius: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse. These iconic figures share more
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Picture this: you’re ensconced in a sumptuous king-sized bed with Egyptian cotton sheets, a complimentary bottle of wine chilling on your nightstand, and room service just a phone call away. The only difference between this and your typical five-star hotel
In the annals of human catastrophe, few events rival the sheer destructive magnitude of the 1931 China floods. This disaster transformed vast swathes of central China into an inland sea and claimed more lives than any other natural calamity of
The haunting mists that roll across Ireland’s ancient hills each October carry with them stories far older than most realise. What millions now celebrate as Halloween (a night of costume parties, trick-or-treat adventures, and pumpkin carving) began over 2,000 years
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Two centuries ago, an extraordinary geological catastrophe unfolded in remote Indonesia that would fundamentally alter the course of human history. The Mount Tambora 1815 eruption, the most powerful volcanic explosion in recorded human history, didn’t just devastate local communities; it
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The story you learnt at school about Christopher Columbus “discovering” America in 1492 is not just incomplete, it’s fundamentally wrong. As the Columbus Day debate intensifies in 2025, with growing calls to replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day, we must
