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Michael Collins dead: Apollo 11 astronaut who piloted 1969 trip to moon dies at 90 Updated Apr 28, 2021; Posted Apr 28, 2021 FILE - In this June 19, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 command module pilot astronaut Michael Collins takes a break during training for the moon mission, in Cape Kennedy, Fla.AP Photo/File Facebook Share Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the ship from which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left to make their historic first steps on the moon in 1969, died Wednesday of cancer, his family said. He was 90. Collins was part of the three-man Apollo 11 crew that eff...

Nomadland; dir: Chloe Zhao; starring: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Swankie, Bob Wells, Melissa Smith After winning the Golden Globe for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director for relatively unknown Chloe Zhao, along with wins at Venice and Toronto Film Festivals this has to be leading contender for this year’s Oscar race. The fact it stars Oscar favourite Frances McDormand (mainstay of the Coen Brothers movies and Best Actress winner for Fargo and Three Billboards) will also not hurt its chances. Another plus point in its favour is that it is based on a true story – a t...

MagazinePodcastVideosCampaign Resources As I write this in September 2020, a trial is underway in France for 14 people charged in connection with acts of Islamic terrorism in January 2015. At the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Saïd Kouachi and his brother Chérif killed 12 people in a hail of bullets; cartoonists, editors, police, a janitor, a proofreader, and a visitor died violently. Eleven more were wounded. Police hunted the brothers down and killed them in a shootout. The day after the attack Amedy Coulibaly, another terrorist in the group, killed a policewoman. On J...

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and do our jobs” – Stephen King Two unconnected moments from headships in two different schools come to mind as a result of recent unfoldings (they certainly can’t be called “developments”) in this country of ours. The first was an assembly I ran some years ago, on or close to an anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. I gathered an array of bits and pieces that represented the various stages of the Apollo rocket, and step by step I jettisoned a cooldrink bottle, a tin can and a toilet roll as I made my way up ...