Big Knickers

There's big, then there's Big, then there's really BIG .....

Bridget Jones Big Knickers ... Were Big.

 
.... and I am not talking Bridget Jones underwear.

Son Of Boaty

A couple of years ago we had the "Boaty McBoatface" scandal, when the public voted to give that name to a polar exploration ship ....

RRS Sir David Attenborough ... A Very 'Worthy' Name ...

..... but the snotty powers that be refused to accept the democratic vote (how familiar that sounds as Brexit approaches .... or not), and renamed the ship the Sir David Attenborough.

A Dystopian Future

The great Sci-Fi author Isaac Asimov once proposed a future for humanity, set roughly three millennia ahead in time, where humanity had colonised several worlds (this future including a vastly overpopulated earth).

Domed Cities Maybe The Future ....

Some different human cultures were envisioned. In some, each individual person never left their habitations, while in others, huge numbers lived in underground domed cities, like hives.

Death Of One Syrian

Raed Fares, was one of the few peaceful pro-democracy activists from the early days of the Syrian uprising still making his voice heard .....

Peaceful Syrian Activist Raed Fares ....

He had been a vocal critic of both President Bashar al-Assad, and the Islamist militants during the civil war.

No Humour From Old Comrades

Bulgaria's Soviet Army memorial in the centre of the nations capital Sofia, is seen as a memorial to the 'brave soviet soldiers,' who liberated Bulgaria in 1944 by the Russians.

Monument of the Soviet Army Sofia .... Liberation Or Conquest?

Whereas Bulgarians don't see it in quite the same light. Many say it celebrates the occupation of the country by the Soviet army in 1944, right up until 199,1 when communism collapsed in Europe.