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By Paul Hynes. The battleship Bretagne, burning but still under bombardment. Hundreds would be killed. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons, from the personal collection of Jacques Mulard. The 3rd of July 1940 had been intended to be a pleasant day for the sailors of Force de Raid (Raiding Force). Based at Mers-el-Kébir harbour beside Oran on the coast of Algeria, the squadron faced an uncertain fate. Following the armistices signed with the Axis powers their fellow sailors who l

By Ryan Fleming. In the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from where there should be any land, Harry Bell and his shipmates stepped tenderly from their launch onto the shore of the mysterious land Harry had spotted the night before. The ground was soft underfoot, in some spots the landing party’s boots sank into the mud all the way to the top and the men had to be pulled out their shipmates. They soon began moving in a file by pairs, led by Chief Officer Chapman. There had bee

By Matthew Kresal. Region 2 Special Edition DVD, image courtesy Amazon. Parallel worlds. What ifs? Elseworlds. Whatever you (or insert comic book company name here) might like to call them, there’s no doubt that the idea of seeing alternative versions of our favorite superheroes has a place among fans. Something that the long-running DC Universe Animated Original Movies series took advantage of with a number of their adaptations and productions. Among them was Justice League:

By Gary Oswald. Leicester City celebrate winning the 2016 Premier League - a tournament that, handily for an article covering the money side of things, was sponsored by a bank! Photo by Peter Woodentop, made available as creative commons via Wikimedia Commons. In March 2026 Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing political party Reform UK, held a series of rallies in Eastern England, visiting Ipswich and Sunderland to lend support to his party’s effort in the upcoming local el