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A BBC Four documentary suggests that bullfighting fan Van Gogh severed the ear to mimic the plight of a wounded bull in the ring. It was his way of saying he had been “conquered” by Gauguin. The fascinating revelations come from esteemed art critic Waldemar Januszczak in a new series which attempts to unlock the mysteries in […]
Recently released Tommy Robinson claims he was ‘mentally tortured’ in prison complaining of no TV, inability to eat prison food and being moved to facility with larger Muslims population. Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the former leader of the English Defence League (EDL) got a 13 month sentence in May for contempt of court. On […]
A European court has rejected a request to find that a group of 14 men detained during internment in Northern Ireland suffered torture. The prisoners were subjected to white noise, sleep and food deprivation as well as beatings. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected the Irish government petition to revise a 1978 judgement […]
Thousands of people think that the government is using implanted chips and electronic beams to control their minds. They are desperate to prove they aren’t delusional. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a9a29adb4bf6c3e4d405abe/master/pass/targeted-web.jpg
Spanish photographer David Lloda travels the world shooting tournaments. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a611d75f476552d660f087b/master/pass/07_20160831%20Baku%20Chess%20Olympiad%20-%20Alshaeby%20Razan%20(Jordan).jpg
Director Greta Gerwig conducted the set of Lady Bird with the utmost respect for her crew. Cribbing an idea from her 20th Century Women director Mike Mills, she asked everyone to wear name tags during filming so people could get to know each other. She even took it one step further – a PA came up with a […]
Published time: 24 Nov, 2017 10:51 Italian police rescued a woman who had been held in an underground cellar and repeatedly raped and tortured for 10 years. She gave birth to two children from her abuser, who chained her to a bed and even forced her son to attack her. Police found the victim, along […]
RT Exclusive Published time: 6 Oct, 2017 10:05 Edited time: 6 Oct, 2017 10:09 RT crew has travelled to Syrian Hama province to film the chilling aftermath of Islamic State’s rule, and filmed torture cells where jihadists kept and mutilated those who refused to follow their ideology. Read more RT Arabic talked to Syrian soldiers […]
BBC Eric Porter is best remembered as tortured Victorian Soames Forsyte The scene where a hurt and enraged Soames maritally rapes his beautiful, cold, unfaithful wife Irene (played by Nyree Dawn Porter) still has the power to shock, six decades on. Yet the role in the series, adapted from John Galsworthy’s novels, which won him […]
Thomson Reuters KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Kenyans vote Tuesday in a close presidential election between President Uhuru Kenyatta, who seeks a second term, and Raila Odinga, who lost the last two elections. The East African high-tech and commercial hub of 44 million people is often described as one of the continent’s most politically stable countries, […]
