Palestine – A S H Smyth

A Hitch in time

A S H Smyth — Sun, 15 May 2022 16:49:44 +0000

On the late, great Christopher Hitchens, and the role the Falklands may have played in his political development.

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For The Critic

NEWS AT A GLANCE

A S H Smyth — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 09:00:49 +0000

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The Queen won a first prize for bantams at the King’s Lynn Fur and Feather Society’s show.

— The Nelson Evening Mail, January 6 1909
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In LA there is a chess set designed for the East India Company, featuring Sikh soldiers vs Afghans.

Among a certain kind of people, being ‘passionate about Israel/Palestine’ is usually a substitute for having any actual political thought.

During WWII, in Germany, a Django Reinhardt record was worth 2kgs of butter on the black market.

A sailor has a tattoo of a swallow for every 5,000 nautical miles he has travelled.

Sam Lewis Craft has been named the Rain Men Player of the Year.

Alfred the Great of England believed that a thorough grounding in the liberal arts was essential for those called to exercise judgement and authority.

A South Benfleet millionaire has revealed how she earns £1,472/hr.

A town in Iceland has painted 3D zebra crossings in an attempt to slow down speeding cars.

Bobby Kennedy had an affair with Marilyn Monroe, then had her killed by Communists.

Truth is harder to bear than ignorance, and so ignorance is valued more.

Brett Dean’s new opera, Hamlet, contains precisely zero tunes.

The Fuegian word ‘mamihlapintafoi’ means ‘(two people) looking at each other, hoping that either will offer to do something which both parties desire but are unwilling to do’.

In 2017 over half the people living in absolute poverty work for a living.
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theASHtray, vol.12

A S H Smyth — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:51:33 +0000

A trenchant critique of all things Israel-Palestine – starring Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin and Helena Bonham Carter – Ricky Gervais, retardations, Karl Pilkington, Channel 4, nurses, Gladiator, Star Wars, Leon, Madame Tussauds, Marvel, Shrek, Hamlet, Tom Phillips (RA), Lord of the Rings, Orhan Pamuk, museums, cabinets of curiosity, Istanbul, A Serbian Film, Daniel Craig and Zombie Ass.

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For theartsdesk

theASHtray, vol.5

A S H Smyth — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:44:58 +0000

In which we hear more about Klinghoffer, camp terrorism, vultures, fake boobs, Cape Town, Debussy, The West Wing, and the aftermath of sex with Willie Nelson.

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For theartsdesk

Shadowland

A S H Smyth — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:33:24 +0000

A Q&A with Danish photojournalist Jan Grarup.

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For Stop Smiling