Withnail & I (1987) is a masterpiece of British dark-comic satire written and directed by actor, novelist, and screenwriter Bruce Robinson, who went on to write and direct How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), [more…]
Jack & Bobby Kennedy were even tougher than their most ardent supporters could imagine. They had seemingly coasted through nearly three years of Presidency with the attendant domestic & foreign crises, but in reality they [more…]
Billy Wilder was born in Austria in 1906 , but became a screenwriter in the late 1920s when living in Berlin. Appalled & concerned about the rise of the Nazi Party, he moved to Paris [more…]
I’m supposing that every Puffin of a certain age would remember where they were when the news broke in the afternoon of November 22nd 1963, America’s darkest Friday. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy had been gunned [more…]
The last Sunday before advent begins (22.11) is traditionally known as ‘stir up Sunday’. This is when families would come together to make the mixture for their Christmas Pudding, all taking it in turns to [more…]
With all the fuss surrounding the marking of the centenary of the End of War to end all Wars, one name was sadly missing from most reports. Step forward one Fortunio Matania. Who he? Draw [more…]
Before he shot himself in 2005 after decades of cocaine & booze self abuse, HST produced some of the most remarkable commentary on the modern US political process. With insider access to the players involved, [more…]
So…………….according to the corporate media, this is it for Roossian-backed Hitler. Game over. The walls are closing in. It’s the last days of the Trumpian Reich. Go get those whistles & flags ready, people! Yes, [more…]
One of the hallmarks of totalitarianism is mass conformity to a psychotic official narrative. Not a regular official narrative, like the narrative of “Teh Cold War” or even “Teh War on Terror”, this is a [more…]
Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes