20th Century
The Tectonic Plates Shift
As we make our way back from an enjoyable day trip by train to Edinburgh, Mrs AWS and I have pause for thought as we pass through Lockerbie, scene of the 1988 bombing which claimed [more…]
Iran
20th Century
Disaster Over The Strait of Hormuz
As Mrs AWS and I flash through the Scottish Lowlands after our day trip to Edinburgh, passing through Lockerbie station reminds us of events decades ago and thousands of miles away. Nowadays the term ‘Gulf [more…]
21st Century
US Will Not Support Israeli Attack Against Iran
The fact that Iran provides weapons to Palestinians is not heinous at all, because a population under “belligerent occupation” (in the wording of the Geneva Conventions) has the right to “resist”. And Tehran’s decision to [more…]
Politics
Europe willing to pursue proxy war against Iran through Israel
After Iran’s Saturday strike against Israel, the European Union (EU) will “start the necessary work” to target the Islamic Republic with heavier sanctions, with a focus on the country’s drone technology, according to Josep Borrell, [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Thirty-One
Monday Good morning readers it’s a rather pleasant morning mild and a bit of sunshine but it’s going to rain again later. I enjoyed my trip down the garden in the sun and found a [more…]
21st Century
Always Worth Saying’s World Cup Report
What do we know about England and Iran? One is a despotic dictatorship where an out-of-touch elite despises the ordinary people. Citizens can be cancelled for what they’re suspected of thinking and jailed for what [more…]
Arts
Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses
In The Beginning Prior to sitting his professional exams, Anis Rushdie, one of the Kashmiri Rushdies, graduated from Lahore’s University of Punjab in the mid-1930s. After passing fourth overall, and as top Mulsim, Anis was [more…]
Arts
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe & The Propaganda War Against Iran
The Mysterious Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe In the early hours of Thursday 17th March 2022, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire after a near six-year-long detention in her native Iran. Part of the time [more…]
Arts
Wolf Country: A Spiritual History of Iran
Introduction Paropamisidae, Arachosia, Gedrosia, Hyrcania…what strangely mellifluous names were given to the provinces of the Persian Empire conquered by Alexander, whose name became synonymous with evil in the Iranian mind. Hyrcania had echoes even in [more…]