Author JK Rowling (the one who gave us Harry Potter) has hit back at Twitter trolls who threatened to burn her books following her criticism of US President Donald Trump. Rowling’s recent Twitter feed has been filled with her re-tweets criticising the president’s recent travel ban. Some followers have taken umbrage with her stance, with […]
Sydney, Jan 26: Today is Australia Day, but all of a sudden , there are many Australians who want a change in date. But the Australian Prime Minister stands firm. Why do they want a change in date? Because in this post colonial world, some view the day as ‘invasion of the aboriginal tribes of […]
The groove is back in the record industry as thousands of people apparently are buying record players and searching for LP records. The industry has shown growth for the past seven years, and vinyl sales are going to be about 7 percent of the total music sales in 2017, it is predicted. Much has been […]
Vatican City: Beauty at any cost, Beauty as a symbol of Pride : such ‘beauty worshippers’ are the modern day idolaters, says the Holy Father, Pope Francis. Pope Francis today (Jan 11) took aim at the modern world’s obsessions with power, success and beauty, citing the example of a woman who had an abortion to […]
It’s back to the future. Long live the vinyl record. And how can the juke box not be revived? ‘Please mister Please’ sand Olivia Newton John, a few decades ago…. And someone has heard that plea! There’s just something about the warm sound of a vinyl record. For the first time in 25 years, record […]
Oh, the record player is back with a bang, and the good old LP is making a comeback. Vinyl sales topped three million last year, the highest UK total in 25 years. Vinyl record sales are booming in the UK again because they help build a more personal connection to the music, a Kiwi researcher […]
Russia celebrates Christmas on January 7 this year! Christmas Day in Russia marks the birth of Jesus Christ in the Christian Orthodox tradition. Although banned during the Soviet times, Christmas is now regaining its popularity and religious meaning in Russia. Due to a difference in calendars, Jan. 6 marks Christmas Eve for many Orthodox churches […]
‘ Trump is the face of tyranny and facism’ says a choir member who resigned rather than sung at The US Presidential elect’s inauguration. The trump victory has stumped most of the US of America! But the organisers of the Presidential Big Day are at a loss to find performers to sing at the Inaugral! […]
During 2016, Israeli authorities demolished or seized 1,089 Palestinian-owned structures throughout the West Bank – including East Jerusalem – thus displacing 1,593 Palestinians and impacting the livelihoods of another 7,101, according to a recently completed United Nations study. Preliminary analysis of the data, gathered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), […]
If you wanted to know how to succeed in pop, George Michael’s career would give you a pretty good template. Wham! may have been considered a joke by critics who couldn’t see beyond the schoolgirls clutching Smash Hits posters to their chests, but the band were a commercial phenomenon. Their throwaway lyrics (“Club Tropicana, drinks […]
US President elect Donald Trump thinks he’s ‘won the war against Christmas’, but Journalist Christopher hale has something more to say: Unfortunately for O’Reilly and Trump, there’s still one person they must defeat in this self-perpetuating war on Christmas. It’s Pope Francis, the 80-year-old leader of 1.2 billion Catholics across the globe. “Christmas is a […]
In his Christmas message this year (December 22), Prince Charles reflected on the religious persecution that Christians and other religious minorities face throughout the world, calling it “beyond all belief” that it still continues even after the horrors of the Holocaust were exposed. “I was born in 1948, just after the end of World War […]
