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In the centenary year of the start of the First World War we ask the question, how much do we really know about World War One? British historian and Editorial Consultant for our new book World War I the Definitive Visual Guide, Richard Overy, tackles this question head on, as well as discussing what caused World War I and whether it could have been avoided. Introduced by Kerensa Creswell-Bryant.

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As the House Intelligence Committee memo alleging FBI malfeasance in its Russia investigation grabs the headlines, a look back at Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre. The Saturday Night Massacre was the hinge point of the Watergate scandal.  The words coup and Third Reich were thrown around. The events of that weekend in October 1973 marked the beginning of the end of Nixon’s Presidency.  Do they hold a lesson for today?  President Trump has started his term of office exercising power in a similar fashion.  His firing of the acting Attorney General Sally Yates has echoes of the Saturday Night Massacre.  Nixon said, “If the President does it, it’s not illegal.” Trump acts as if he thinks that is the way the world works.  But Nixon found out even his own Republican Party didn’t think that was true.  Will Trump?  This is an essay from my archive and it offers a chance to reflect on how American politics has changed in the more than four decades since the Watergate scandal.

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Episode 9 Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre

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Ryuichi Sakamoto tribute 静かな残響

Cognitive Dissonance

Bottle Bell (2025)

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Caught in the Non Act: excerpt upcoming "a Rock-or-Die Opera"
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music: beats and tune by szalap  @kacper-razdwarazdwa
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excerpt of:
The Stage On Which You Perform: a 'Rock-or-Die' Opera 
https://soundcloud.com/fictionalive/a-rock-or-die-opera


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today: chaos unfolds —
clouds weep showers of sorrow,
laughter born from disbelief

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"Caught in the Non Act"

At first glance, the phrase seems paradoxical—a riddle whispered in smoke. To be “caught” suggests interruption, perhaps even exposure, yet what is unveiled is the “non act,” a moment defined not by what is done, but what is left undone, unwilled, unexpressed. Here, systems of intention and volition collapse; the actor is held—and holding—precisely at the threshold of action.

I. The Paradox of Presence and Absence

To be “caught in the non act” is to be present at the site of absence. This title evokes the liminal: a threshold where anticipation, hesitation, or silent refusal takes the stage. It aligns with Zen thought—the uncarved block, the sound of one hand clapping—gestures toward meaning that reside in emptiness, stillness, and restraint.

II. Agency in Inaction

Is inaction itself a form of agency? Existentialist thinkers such as Sartre argued that even not-choosing is a choice. To be caught in the non act is to dwell in the suspended animation of potential—the lived tension before choice crystallizes into commitment. Here, the subject is not powerless but powerful in withholding, sabotaging the momentum of events through refusal or hesitation. The non act radiates with possibility, every moment of not-acting echoing futurities never realized.

III. Surveillance and Self-Reflection

“Caught”—by whom? By others, or by the self? If the non act is witnessed, it takes on the texture of surveillance: the fear or thrill of being seen not doing. It is the existential snapshot of one’s truth in the gap, the moment between mask and face, a zone often more revealing than any overt gesture. Inwards, it becomes conscience—self-apprehension at the point of procrastination, moral paralysis, or pure contemplation.

IV. Contemporary Resonance

In an era pressed by productivity and ceaseless motion, “Caught in the Non Act” resists the cult of doing. It honors withdrawal, indecision, the strategic pause, and the mysterious freedom in simply not complying, not reacting, not perpetually performing. To be caught in the non act is perhaps to find, at last, a clearing in the relentless forest of demands—a sacred ambiguity where the self can listen more closely for the next true move.

V. Aesthetic Echoes

The phrase dances with ambiguity and negative space. Like a photograph of a ghost, it suggests presences that can only be glimpsed obliquely—what remains hauntingly unfinished, the beauty in longing rather than attainment. It is the space between musical notes, the silence that frames the utterance, the spell before awakening.

Final Reflection

"Caught in the Non Act" thus stands as a quietly rebellious banner—an enigma that encourages us to ponder the riches of stillness, hesitation, potential, and refusal. It asks us: what, in this stopped moment, have you discovered about movement, intention, and meaning itself? Sometimes—the non act is the truest revolution.

Caught in the Non Act: excerpt upcoming "a Rock-or-Die Opera"

Gano "Mutanen Duniya" na Patrick Levien KI Project: wata waƙar almara mai ƙarfi wacce ta haɗu da hankali na inji da ruhin ɗan adam! Wannan waƙa ce ta ƙarfi da ke adawa da yaƙe-yaƙe, cin hanci da rashawa, da rashin adalci da ke lalata duniya, tana kira ga 'yanci, zaman lafiya, da bege. Ka yi tunanin iyaye da ba sa son kuka don 'ya'yansu da suka ɓace a yaƙi, da alƙawari na rufe ƙofar Jahannama har abada. Tare da sautuna da suka samo asali daga filayen Savanna da ruhun haɗin kai, wannan waƙa tana zaburar da masu fafutuka, mafarkai, da mayaƙan canji.  Me kake ji idan ka saurara? Shiga cikin wannan tafiya ka yada wannan hangen nesa! Ƙarin bayani



Mutanen Duniya - Patrick Levien KI Projekt

Spectra - Adjustement

Hall Of Mystery

Hive Mind Panic

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Plaza in Gaza — The Art of the Deal 2.0 (A Middle Eastern Nightmare)
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“The Art of the Deal” is forever tied to Donald Trump — but this 2.0 is the updated edition from Jared Kushner, his son‑in‑law and heir to the negotiating mantle of the House of Kushner. Kushner’s 2.0 vision carries forward the legacy of Trump‑style dealmaking into the volatile heart of the Middle East. Following on the Abraham Accords, he pushes for normalization, redevelopment, and ambitious “economic frameworks” for a post‑war Gaza — plans laced with real estate dreams, massive investment funds, and sweeping regional restructuring. This is high‑stakes diplomacy mingled with business ambition: an updated, risk‑charged sequel to the original dealmaker’s creed. The track captures that collision of politics, profit, and human cost — where plazas and nightmares share the same map.
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Plaza in Gaza — The Art of the Deal 2.0 (A Middle Eastern Nightmare)

Rough draft of "Sweet Sweet Lies" with M.R. Arocho's vocals. Added instrumentals via FL Studios and vocal distortion, mastered ambient version.

Sweet Sweet Lies

FL Studios s08152025 (Draft #1 vocals)

John Becker is hot on the trail of Hitler's fatal weakness. The Gestapo is closing in. On foot, by train, even on water, Becker is running and gunning for his life ... and for the world. Hitler's Third Reich is rearming and planning for war. Churchill wants to stop him, but only Becker's report can reverse the British mood of appeasement. Cornered by the Gestapo, desperate to save his German collaborator Maria, Becker has mere days to ward off double disaster....
•	Author: Jeffrey Vanke
•	Narrator: Ian Russell
•	Unabridged
•	Length: 11 hr 4 min
•	ISBN# Digital: 978-1-944169-76-3
•	Audiobook copywright: 12/15/2015
•	Price: $14.99
•	Genre: Fiction
•	Age group: 13 and up


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The Berlin Deception - Chapter 1

orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
conducted by Jan Latham- Koenig

Faustus I/2

soprano and ensemble
Linda Matthias (soprano)
Cardiff University Ensemble
conducted by John Hopkins
text by Sylvia Plath
Concert Hall, Corbett Rd, Cardiff

4 Songs from Ariel

These SoundCloud posts contain most of my work to date. They begin with Round, which I wrote in 1974, and Noche Oscura, written in 1976, and end with Broken Forms from 2021, the opera Russian Jerusalem and the anthem Even-Song, both completed in 2022, and Valediction from 2025.
Details of all my compositions, and information about their publication, can be found at my publisher's address: Ricordi London (http://www.ricordi.com/en-US/Composers/H/Hopkins-John.aspx)

4 Songs from Ariel

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