Armageddon time: how Stanley Kubrick made us laugh at the annihilation of the human race
Re-issued in cinemas next week some 55 years after its initial theatrical run, Dr Strangelove is arguably the most improbable comedy ever made
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In the past six weeks, the only book I’ve finished is ‘Pietr the Latvian’ and that clocks in at only 160 generously spaced pages. I’m beginning to feel desperate
In the shadow of the bomb
The most consistent risk of nuclear disaster has come not from warmongering politicians but from computer glitches and human error. A loose wire could have triggered an apocalypse, says Eric Schlosser, the ‘Fast Food Nation’ author, whose new book, ‘Command and Control’, is about the management and politics of nuclear weapons
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Armageddon, abduction and aliens: amid the scary stories on The Last Word and Drivetime, the senators appearance on The Ray D’Arcy Show to talk about his cancer provided unexpected relief
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