28 days ago

IAN WILLIAMS: In China's most brutal purge since Chairman Mao, a string of senior generals have vanished into black hole prisons - so is Xi Jinping locking away anyone who'll oppose his plans to invade Taiwan? ⊖

found 2026 › Jan › 30 (Fri) @ 03:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Xi Jinping's China is not Stalin's Russia and there is no bullet to the back of the head for rivals - at least not immediately - says IAN WILLIAMS.

74 days ago

‘The antithesis to Nazi ideology’: how Pippi Longstocking was born to stand up to Hitler ○

found 2025 › Dec › 15 (Mon) @ 15:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

A new documentary explores how Astrid Lindgren’s beloved children’s books about the pigtailed free spirit were written in response to the darkest days of the second world war

She’s the mischievous lit…

83 days ago

'To quell my screams the Soviet doctor aimed a revolver between my eyes and threatened to blow my brains out': HUGH SEBAG-MONTEFIORE on the British servicemen treated in Stalin's hospitals ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 07 (Sun) @ 00:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

This chilling testimony comes from the memoir of Morris Mills, who with so many other British seamen was treated for terrible wounds while serving on the Arctic convoys during Second World War.

3 months ago

Trump’s ‘peace plan’ was a pro-Kremlin abomination whose failure is a glimmer of hope for Ukraine | Rajan Menon ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 24 (Mon) @ 16:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Following criticism, the president accused Ukraine of ingratitude but also added the plan was ‘not my final offer’. Which parts of it will survive?

The US president, Donald Trump, has said “something …

Playing dirty used to be the west’s preserve. Now we’re letting Moscow beat us at our own game | Joseph Pearson ○

found 2025 › Nov › 04 (Tue) @ 05:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The Berlin airlift was a cold war victory that relied on a persuasive story about starving civilians. But was it true?

We in the west used to play dirty – and during the cold war, we were good at it. …

4 months ago

Donald Trump has built a regime of retribution and reward | Sidney Blumenthal ⊖

found 2025 › Oct › 24 (Fri) @ 12:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The president’s purges and attacks on his enemies have developed into a system in which injustice is made routine

Donald Trump’s voracious desire for retribution has quickly evolved into a regular and…

GoldenEye review – Pierce Brosnan’s ‘sexist, misogynist dinosaur’ makes his Bond movie debut ⊕

found 2025 › Oct › 02 (Thu) @ 12:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The 1995 spy adventure introduced Brosnan as 007 and Judi Dench as M – blending high-octane action with a cheeky post-Soviet self-awareness

This James Bond film from 1995, reissued for its 30th annive…

How panicking Labour bosses tried to airbrush disgraced Angela Rayner from glossy conference brochure like Stalin's propagandists, reveals ANDREW PIERCE ○

found 2025 › Sep › 29 (Mon) @ 14:30 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Angela Rayner may have resigned in disgrace from the Cabinet - but her spirit is stalking this conference.

Trump and Putin are threatening to carve up Europe between them. Suddenly, it all feels a bit 1939 | Simon Tisdall ○

found 2025 › Sep › 28 (Sun) @ 07:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Forget the US president’s seeming volte-face on Ukraine this week: he and Putin fundamentally agree that European liberal democracy is the problem

For many people in eastern Europe, August 1939 may no…

5 months ago

How Poland is preparing for war with Putin: DAVID JONES heads to Russian border - and finds evidence of previously unreported drone attack on nation whose memory of Stalin's savagery is steeling them for new conflict ○

found 2025 › Sep › 27 (Sat) @ 00:30 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The field behind Jan Michalak's farmhouse hosts a magnificent stand of giant sunflowers. But last Saturday, the 66-year-old wheat grower noticed a large patch had been flattened.