Tittle-tattle

Lobster Issue 68 (Winter 2014)

[PDF file]: […] of Democracy outpourings.38 There’s are lots more UK strands to the Calvi story. For those new to it, the link on Willan’s website to the documentary, The Pope and the Mafia Millions, is a good introduction.3 9 For those who want to seek serious insights into the workings of the Cold War and its […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 80 (Winter 2020)

[PDF file]: The view from the bridge Robin Ramsay Thanks to Nick Must (in particular) and Garrick Alder for editorial and proofreading assistance. Simon says Regular contributor to these columns, Simon Matthews, has a new book out. Looking for a New England, the sequel to his Psychedelic Celluloid, is published on 28 January 2021. Details of what […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue

The view from the bridge Robin Ramsay Thanks to Nick Must (in particular) and Garrick Alder for editorial and proofreading assistance. *new* Simon says Regular contributor to these columns, Simon Matthews, has a new book out. Looking for a New England, the sequel to his Psychedelic Celluloid, is published on 28 January 2021. Details of […]

The Darkest Sides of Politics I & II by Jeffrey M Bale

Lobster Issue 75 (Summer 2018)

[PDF file]: […] Fascist Internationals Part 1’, has 45 pages of text and 30 pages of endnotes; and chapter 8, ‘The ultranationalist right in Turkey and the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II’ – yes, with Turkish-language sources – has 30 pages of text and 24 pages of notes. Those notes contain not just the documentation […]

Apocryphilia

Lobster Issue 69 (Summer 2015)

[PDF file]: […] House of Windsor are to the UK, pointing out that, ultimately, the WindsorMounbattens should be correctly referred to by their German surname: Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg. 12 By comparison the Pope leads a religion but only a tiny state. In Saudi Arabia the King is not the head of Islam (the agitation for such a role, a […]

Is a new ‘cold war’ coming?

Lobster Issue 68 (Winter 2014)

[PDF file]: […] fact that all these wars were being waged by the US regime or its vassals. When criticised for all the injustices and crimes committed by the clergy, Pope Pius XII insisted that the Church be judged by its high principles and not by its actions. This is the underlying precept of the whole concept […]

Apocryphylia

Lobster Issue 68 (Winter 2014)

[PDF file]: […] the foot of the next page. Early this year You Gov published a poll identifying the ‘most admired’ people in the UK. Leaving aside the Queen, the Pope, celebrities, footballers and people on TV generally, the highest regarded Brits were……Richard Branson, Nigel Farage, Tony Benn (now deceased), Boris Johnson, Alan Sugar and Alex Salmond. […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 82 (Winter 2021)

[PDF file]: […] a major Soviet agent in funding and encouraging world terrorism. The minor theme is, of course, that the Soviet Union was behind the attempted assassination of the Pope. But covertly the important theme – and presumably the point of the exercise for the Israeli state – is that the PLO is simply a terrorist […]

Mr Gibbs and Mr Goering

Lobster Issue 92 (2026)

[PDF file]: […] on the western front. This brought him a knighthood, the Legion of Honour, and an international reputation. In 1920 he conducted the first ever interview with a Pope (Benedict XV) and thereafter operated at the stratospheric level enjoyed by acclaimed commentators, meeting world leaders, covering conferences, and writing accounts of international events. Throughout this […]

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