Tag Archives: Obama

Mr Lincoln’s Wild Ride

Posted on February 11, 2013 by samiraahmed

I spent a night in the pub playing skittles recently with The Lawmen of Bristol for a radio documentary. They are Wild West enthusiasts, who transport around their home-made saloon town and re-enact historical gunfights for charity. Each has a … Continue reading →

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The space shuttle: the shape of things that never came.

Posted on July 18, 2011 by samiraahmed

Or How The Space Shuttle Promised Me The Universe, But Left Me On The Gantry Of Broke Dreams. It seems appropriate that the final Space Shuttle mission launch got pushed off the front pages and main broadcast news coverage by … Continue reading →

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Playing Chess with Gaddafi: What boardgames teach us about winning.

Posted on June 11, 2011 by samiraahmed

This bizarre image of the Libyan colonel playing chess, while continuing to defy NATO airstrikes and international condemnation made headlines round the world.  And according to a new book, fuelling the Miliband brothers’ Labour leadership feud,  Ed Miliband was a serious teenage  … Continue reading →

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Code-name Geronimo: Parallels between the Apache hero and Osama Bin Laden

Posted on May 3, 2011 by samiraahmed

Played out via helmet cam, Hollywood-style still photos released of the Commander-In-Chief, in the Situation Room supervising the kill. For an operation that was reportedly a year in the planning, an elementary understanding of the history of the American West … Continue reading →

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