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The Crucible: Arthur Miller’s morality tale was as much a reaction to his own marital failings as it was to the ‘red scare’

Written at the height of the cold war “red scare”, Arthur Miller’s 1952 play The Crucible was a retelling of the 17th-century Salem witch trials (1692-93) which soon became the classic parable of mass hysteria.

The Conversation · Oct 23

Winter of the Crow: this taut escape thriller explores life under martial law in cold war Poland

It’s surely no surprise that amid today’s geopolitical turmoil, filmmakers are turning to the events of the cold war for inspiration. A flurry of productions set in the 1980s have been released just this year.

The Conversation · Oct 14

Winter of the Crow review – Lesley Manville magnificently on edge in intriguing cold war thriller

Manville’s academic psychologist finds herself trapped in a tower block wasteland in 1980s Warsaw. Bizarre and surreal details add to the sinister vibe

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14

Zak Bagans buys $4.55M underground Las Vegas bunker for public museum

Beneath the neon-lit spectacle of the Las Vegas Strip lies a world that seems to belong to another era, where painted skies replace the real thing and landscaped interiors create the illusion of life above ground. Built to offer refuge from the anxieties of the Cold War, an extraordinary subterranean…

The Times of India · Oct 9

Fort Cronkhite: The abandoned WWII fort near San Francisco where giant 16-inch guns once shook the city

Fort Cronkhite, a former WWII military post in California’s Marin Headlands, once helped protect San Francisco Bay with massive 16-inch guns. Now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the historic site preserves wartime buildings and military defenses alongside beaches, trails and Pacific views. Visitors can explore Battery Townsley…

The Times of India · Oct 6

Mysterious American Spy Satellite Explodes in Space as Officials Claim 'Further Analysis Is Ongoing'

USA 32, a Cold War-era US signals-intelligence satellite, fragmented about 775 kilometres above Earth, adding debris to a busy orbital region. Officials say analysis is ongoing

International Business Times UK · Oct 1

Man City sparked a legal cold war and these clues suggest how it will end

INSIDE STORY: The reported Man City verdict has sent shockwaves through the sport, writes Miguel Delaney, with fresh details surrounding the ‘legal cold war’ that consumed the Premier League for three years

The Independent UK · Sep 29

Russia's Facility 1335 Nuclear Bunker in Urals Linked to Cold War 'Dead Hand' in New Investigation

An investigation links major construction and modernisation work at Russia's Facility 1335 to the Perimeter nuclear command system, but experts dispute whether it was newly reactivated.

International Business Times UK · Sep 27

Bill Gates offers dire AI warning that kill switch is ‘not enough’ and says tech could cause 1 billion deaths

Billionaire philanthropist said regulating AI could prove harder than Cold War nuclear treaty negotiations

The Independent UK · Sep 27

Pandas then, pandas now: Trump and Xi are well past Nixon-era magic

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping recently met in Washington to symbolize cooperation in US-China relations. The summit featured the announcement of two pandas to Zo Atlanta as a gesture of friendship. They extended a trade truce rather than resolving major economic disputes or tariffs. Despite strategic rivalry, both countries aim…

The Economic Times · Sep 25