At the end of November there was yet another sign that the World War II veterans are becoming an endangered species. Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, who bravely served as a torpedo bomber aviator in the US Navy and who was even shot down, has passed away at...
Your correspondent writes this as one who has been accused of being dangerously right-wing by some on the left, and accused of being dangerously left-wing by some on the right. It is always nice to be disliked by everyone! Nevertheless, whether they come from the...
The Canadian actor Douglas Rain has passed away at the age of 90. While he would have probably wanted to be more remembered for his Shakespearean stage roles in the 1950s, it will be his voice that will be most missed. For he played...
Directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, First Man (2018) shows that Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong was a thoughtful, intelligent, cool-under-fire hero – but one who was also racked by personal sadness. The film was written by Josh Singer with the...
Two American aerospace and defence suppliers, L3 Technologies Inc and Harris Corporation, announced on 14 October 2018 a plan to “merge as equals”, combining their portfolios to become the sixth largest Defence company in the USA. This new company will be called “L3...
Rockets-to-electric cars billionaire Elon Musk continued to mesmerise during September in his role as chief designer and overall boss of SpaceX. This was despite suffering much criticism and bad press over his ill-judged Twitter declarations – actions he would...
