#sir becket

[theworldisalways-ending]

whateva more weekly roll posts because i fw this comic heavily... THIS TIME THEY ARE FROM 2024! AND NOT 2021!! the joy of artistic progress!

i kinda regret giving him the Red and Gold helmet color tbh i've always viewed him as like blue and silver but im Trying to make my drawings more Saturated... (ugh) and it didnt look good with blue and silver

i'll probably paint him as blue and silver at a later date who knows.... we'll see B)

[saturnaous]

mmmm was looking at theworldisalways-ending post of becket again because I'm really normal and it got me thinking Yeah How DOES he drink tea. kinda wild. I decided to give him a straw. anyways. shrivels up and dies

[eye-draw-things]

Does anyone wanna talk about The Weekly Roll w/ me. Hello? Helloo? Hellooo? Hel

[paladin-tourney]

Round 1, Side A - Sir Becket (The Weekly Roll) vs. O-Chul (The Order of The Stick)

Propaganda:

Sir Becket (The Weekly Roll)

He's my favorite paladin character ever. He has an identity crisis after murdering a family which prompts him to basically try to redeem himself while also trying to stop his party from being murderhobos. Also, LOOK AT THAT HAT. Top tier paladin helmet in my opinion. It's shaped like a bucket.

O-Chul (The Order of The Stick)

OotS is a D&D webcomic, so of course they have paladins—a whole faction of them called the Sapphire Guard, ranging from Lawful Stupid crusaders to rule-bending youths to one old aristocrat without a PC class level to his name. And then there's O-Chul. If Miko is everything wrong with paladins, O-Chul is everything that be right about them. He's noble and honorable, sticking to his paladin oaths...most of the time. Unlike Miko, he's willing to recognize when bending the oaths is Good and when failing to uphold them is inevitable. He cares about friends and allies, doing what he can to protect them; he shows empathy towards many of his enemies, most notably the Monster in the Darkness. He's a good, heroic dude who encourages others to be better. His heroism isn't just a matter of attitude. A paladin has strong fortitude and will, and O-Chul excels at both, even if his reflexes are rather poor. He endured months of imprisonment, torture, and villains betting on whether he'd survive the torture without losing either his life or his compassion towards (some of) the people betting on him. And judging by his implied level and lack of paladin class features, this paladin's paladin has at least twice as many fighter levels as paladin levels.

[taintedmind6669]

[thefizzyprince]

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[stonelord1]

HENRY VI'S STATUE IN COVENTRY

A modern 3-D printed statue of Henry VI is soon going to grace the streets of Coventry. The original, made in the 1500’s, is housed in the Herbert Art Gallery. The local council wanted to use the Tudor era statue in the rebuild of Coventry Cross but it was deemed too fragile to withstand outdoor weather, hence an exact copy was decided upon instead. The cross and statue should be in place…

[marlocandeea]

anouilh was out there going like 'what if horatio betrayed tf out of hamlet. what then.'

so my current project is a translation, and i think i'm onto something. there's a hamlet-horatio motif to henry and becket.

[medievalandfantasymelee]

The First Round of Contest Has now Concluded.

This Round began with 148 Contenders - Now 74 remain.

All polls in this round (as well as summaries of each day's results) may be found here

The 10 Closest Tilts in the First Round (in Reverse Order) were

10. The Sheriff of Nottingham [Alan Rickman] Def. Kili [Aiden Turner]

9. King Marke of Cornwall [Rufus Sewell] Def. Prince Prospero [Vincent Price]

8. Sir Guy of Gisbourne [Basil Rathbone] Def. Finan [Mark Rowley]

7. Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert [Ciaran Hinds] Def. Robert the Bruce [Chris Pine]

6. Hugh Beringar [Sean Pertwee] Def. Father Beocca [Ian Hart]

5. Bard the Bowman [Luke Evans] Def. Will Scarlet O'Hara [Matthew Porretta]

4. Lin Shu [Hu Ge] Def. Arman [Matvey Lykov]

3. Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck [Dominic Monaghan] Def. Geoffrey Chaucer [Paul Bettany]

2. Saladin [Milind Soman] Def. Jon Snow [Kit Harrington]

1. Rodrigo Borgia [Jeremy Irons] Def. Lord Tywin Lannister [Charles Dance]

And the 10 Tilts with the widest margins of victory were (in reverse order):

10. Inigo Montoya [Mandy Patinkin] Def. Corlys Velaryon [Steve Toussaint]

9. Frodo Baggins [Elijah Wood] Def. Prince Chauncley [Daniel Radcliffe]

8. Aragorn Elessar [Viggo Mortensen] Def. Ahmad [Mahesh Jadu]

7. King Henry II [Peter O'Toole] Def. Thomas Becket [Richard Burton]

6. Thorin Oakenshield [Richard Armitage] Def. King Edward IV [Max Irons]

5. Gawain [Dev Patel] Def. Matrim "Mat" Cauthon [Donal Finn]

4. Éomer, Son of Éomund [Karl Urban] Def. King Arthur [Sean Connery]

3. William Thatcher [Heath Ledger] VS. King Vortigern [Jude Law]

2. Boromir, Son of Denethor [Sean Bean] Def. Alessandro Farnese [Diarmuid Noyes]

1. Faramir, Son of Denethor [David Wenham] Def. Uther Pendragon [Gabriel Byrne]

The Tilt with the most votes (by far) at 5,177 Votes was Geralt of Rivia [Henry Cavill] Vs. Sir Gary Galavant [Joshua Sasse] Which Galavant won with 57.7% of the Vote

It was an exodus of two-by-twos this round with both of our Ewan Mitchells [Aemond Targaryen and Osferth], both of our Henry Cavills [Geralt of Rivia and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk], AND both of our Iain Glens [Ser Jorah Mormont and Prince Hamlet] losing their respective tilts to Erik Thurgilson [Christian Hillborg], Fili [Dean O'Gorman], Galavant [Joshua Sasse], Prince John [Oscar Isaac], "The Player" [Richard Dreyfuss] and Ned Stark [Sean Bean]. Even both of our Laurence Oliviers [Prince Hamlet and Henry V] were sent scurrying to the vents in disgrace, losing their tilts against Cesare Borgia [Francois Arnaud] and Elrond Half-elven [Hugo Weaving].

In fact, nearly of of the men of Middle Earth fared uncommon well in this round, with only three losing their matches. Haldir [Craig Parker] was unable to best the charms of that most magnificent of minstrels, Hubert Hawkins [Danny Kaye]. Kili [Aiden Turner] had a strong start against George, the Sheriff of Nottingham [Alan Rickman], but the race tightened about halfway through, and the Sheriff was able to pull through a stunning last-minute victory. Despite his brutal focus and discipline and grim sense of humor, Uglúk [Nathaniel Lees] suffered a crushing defeat under the cloven hoof of a greater and sexier evil, Darkness [Tim Curry]. The Sons of Denethor, Boromir [Sean Bean] and Faramir [David Wenham] truly dominated their oppositions (Alessandro Farnese [Diarmuid Noyes] and Uther Pendragon [Gabriel Byrne]) and were the only competitors to achieve margins of victory exceeding 90% in this round.

The Men of Westeros did not fare so well. Of their 14 remaining competitors only four now stand:

Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark [Sean Bean]

Ser Bronn of the Blackwater [Jerome Flynn]

Khal Drogo [Jason Momoa]

Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish [Aiden Gillen]

Ser Davos Seaworth [Liam Cunningham]

Ser Jorah Mormont [Iain Glen]

Prince Oberyn Martell [Pedro Pascal]

Ser Criston Cole [Fabien Frankel]

Lord Corlys Velaryon [Steve Toussaint]

Sandor "The Hound" Celgane [Rory McCann]

Jon Snow [Kit Harrington]

Gendry [Joe Dempsie]

Aemond Targaryen [Ewan Mitchell]

Tywin Lannister [Charles Dance]

But what of our Robins and Arthurs?

We began the Round with 3 of Each, but only one of each survived the round.

While Beowulf [Gerard Butler] bested King Arthur [Richard Harris] with a handy but respectful margin of 56.8%, Sean Connery's Arthur was unhorsed by Eomer [Karl Urban] in what can only be termed a crushing defeat, with a margin of 84.4% of the Vote. Only Bradley James's incarnation was able to defeat his opposition, Prince Henry [Dougray Scott], who, though strong contender, proved no match for Arthur's winning smile.

On the Robin side, our last Robin standing, is Cary Elwes, who defeated Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan with a tidy 70.8% margin. Richard Todd's stunningly attractive but lesser known Robin was defeated by the only remaining Son of York, Richard III [Aneurin Barnard], while the iconic Errol Flynn iteration was unhorsed (rather ironically) by one of the most appallingly unjust and underhanded aristocrats in the lists, Adhemar, Count of Anjou [Rufus Sewell]. We can neither confirm nor deny allegations made against the Count of cheating, nor the veracity of the rumours circulating that the Count's rather costly saddle was stolen from his tent at the end of the day while Adhemar was enjoying a flagon of wine with fellow victors Sir Guy of Gisbourne [Basil Rathbone], Sir Guy of Gisborne [Richard Armitage], the Sheriff of Nottingham [Alan Rickman] and His Royal Highness Prince John [Oscar Isaac].

Our third Sir Guy [Michael Wincott] did not join them, as he rather unfortunately lost his match against Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe [Anthony Andrews] and, after a rather unpleasant exchange with his cousin the Sheriff, preferred to drink in the company of a different, more polite Sheriff [Peter Cushing] (who also lost his match against the Hound [Rory McCann]) and his friend Prince Prospero [Vincent Price].)

But I am sure some of your are curious as to how the Master of Revels' list of Secret Favourites is faring. Well, I can tell you, it sustained some heavy losses this round, though a still rather healthy 34 remain in the competition. Aye, but at what cost?

[theworldisalways-ending]

that fucking paladin tgat i love

old OLD art from 2021 but i recently saw that plushie... hmm.... big thoughts abt this guy

[saturnaous]

figured out where to fucking make these things and now I'm gonna be really really really annoying about it

[hindsart]

According to legend, Thomas-a-Becket's father was followed by a Turkish princess, who was in love with him, all the way from the Holy Land back to London. This story spawned an entire genre of medieval Chivalric Romances like "Lord Bateman" and "King Horn"

[purplerocker-thesims]

Round 3 - Dwerryhousee (1/2)

Started this round with peace and quiet, children playing and everyone alright.

Spending the early hours of the day playing around, doing handstands and enjoying each others company, while it lasts.

They need to get out more, but no, Methodis doesn’t want to socialise. No Methodis doesn’t like being around other. Other than family, even he get simply overwhelmed when they are all around him.

While Willow spent her early hours sleeping in, feeling a bit, off until it hit her, during her morning bath that she was pregnant. and the First signs of the issues appearing.

The cold. pneumonia. A rat that wishes a fate worse than death.

She went about her day,

Helping the locals get their berries, while her nephew distracted the twins mostly Methodis, while she is busy and her husband settled himself down within his bed before his cold worsened.

unable to do anything.

But the cold hit hard, and developed pneumonia, leaving poor Wilford was bedridden and his nephew to take charge of looking after everyone.

His nephew tended to his needs, bringing him water, ensuring he’s fed and comfy in the bed. Despite suffering from the cold himself, but he must do what was to keep his uncle well. He was like a father to him, and was unbelievably grateful of him treating him as his own.

No amount of kindness, sweet light heart like, aw what a loving family, prepared me to be gobsmacked, wide mouth. I have never saw such level Freaking Disrespect from a sim, and I shouldn’t of been surprised of the rat that committed such a crime against the dead.

I was surprised, stunned. I had to pause, like. I was seeing who was on the lot, noticed Becket and disappeared somewhere and thinking, hold up, he needs to pay. Found him at the corner of the lot.

Becket! Annice’s son finding an innocent family to bother. They were friends! There was no reason for this to be happening, but here this hellish boy was committing a sin. He entrusted becket to not be such an unholy mess, and to do such an unspeakable crime! SIR! THAT WAS HIS MOTHER’S GRAVE!

Cynemær yelled at Becket, declaring their friendship was over, for that level of evil. Unprovoked! He set a time and place, to meet this man, for a fight if he insists on kicking the resting place of his dearly departed mother. One must not tolerate such a sin of great disrespect the dead might curse the land. If not careful.

The Dwerryhousee never did anything to anyone. Minding their own darn business. It’s a sin to tarnished a grave as such. If this was acting up, because his mam was imprisoned and his step-father yelled at him, then he needs therapy before he gets a divine punishment worse than death.

He should take it out in his parents not innocent people. Innocent dead people.

All of the problems caused Wilford to get up and stress.

The spreading for the cold, while poor Wilford can't catch himself any sleep, during these harsher days. Worried about his children and pregnant wife, he can't sleep.

So the locals came by to help.

Dalton maxwell put wood on the stove, and put food in there storage, before making them a warm meal. While, Joyce offered help with wife, and brought along Rovena to encurrage her to get into helping others, and finding things that make her happy. Clearly her way of making friend is trying to hug people. It's better than talking about fighting, which Methodis seems interested in, so I guess, he can find a friend in Rovena.

Worry.

Her sleep was so bad and slept for hours and it hasn't gone up. She so ill, this household was so sick and the only person that can heal them, doesn't want to help. He’s too busy being a parenting his half brother and getting his ass handed to him by Becket and his sister.

So the Handful of nicer sims will do, for now. They aren’t nicer sims, they are problematic.

Cynemær had 0 issues with having the help, especially, when it meant having Dalton around more. His boyish interest for that man was a teenage distance admiration mistaken for something else. He had idolised dalton, and saw him as something better than himself, as he believes Dalton understands the same as he.

Being 2 gay boys, who relate losing their parents, having to live with other member of their family, Cynemaer ideas and desires turned far more than simple teenage admiration. So, Dalton had a bit of a word with him about how he should and shouldn’t feel towards him, a much older man, who had to grow up quick to raise him two nephews. He carried the burden of the death of his mother, his sister, and the other family living with them. On top of that, he could help nor save his youngest nephew from dying in his sleep. He gets what Cynemaer is feeling but it’s not at all him to burden himself with idealising someone that couldn’t put out a fire fast enough.

Cynemaer still said thank him for help his family and how it meant a lot, now that most of them are better. He’s welcome over at anytime.

Next day:

Cynemaer went out with Methodis to the local spot in the forest.

Where the two boys, Aidric and Methodis, became quick friends and play fought, in the idea becoming good fighters. They talked on about meeting up soon for another round of punches.

Cynemaer told Algar about Becket and she sorted him out but not really. Becket and Algar went became quick friends with Becket way too fast.

While the two children played.

Aldric: “I heard Eadwine had swords,”

Methodis: “nu-uh,”

Aldric: “we could sneak to his, and play fight? Your mam favoured by his wife.”

Methodis: “seems bad”

Aldric: “im strong, I can take him if it’s comes to it? You got a baby face, so just use that against him or his wife. Then I’ll go like grrrrrrr, like what bears make. When there’s bears around you leave. He’s be so afraid that we’ll have time to escape.”

Methodis: “I like kimball’s teddy bear. It’s nice.”

Aldric: “who?”

Methodis: “the boy from the cokese?”

Aldric: “I’m not allowed to talk to the cokeses, my mama says they tarnished auntie Annice’s life. So we can’t be friends with their children.”

Methodis: “gross, silly adult stuff, let’s play punches and worry later.”

Aldric: “fine, but my mama, say’s it’s important to know who to trust and who not to trust.”

Methodis: “and will this ever affect us?”

Aldric: “I guess not, but it’s still funny.”

I need tender moments of sims becoming friends.

Meanwhile:

Rovena helped the family, and during a moment of, oh the baby is coming. Dalton, Rovena and Wilford were all there to help and support Willow during her Labour. I love that the fighting sims are also is being such a gem at this moment.

Didn’t realise dalton was on the lot but he was down to help a birth.

Out side of hating others, Dalton and Rovena have odd hobbies of helping other people even helping / watching the birth.

And:

MORE CRIMES AGAINST THE DEAD, from the lovely Becket. Thanks for interrupting the birth with your sin. Thanks, keep being a your mother’s son.

Baby Girl: Synnove, was born after many issues later, And many restarting my games.

They do most of the child care, and it’s so sweet that, Cynemaer and Wilford are BFFs, and they both are just love Synnove. However, Cynemaer wishes to earn himself a job. Giving me an idea of a job board at the church or having him help on of the yeomanry.

Also yes, he is permanently burned on the body, like Sigeberht, that's just how its going to be.

While, Methodis is making friends with the other Bolam twin, slowly becoming friends, and running around and being very active child. He's currently making more friends than his brother, but his brother been sick for days and I'm not taking the risk sending him out into the world.

So Methodis made two friends to fill in his boredom without his brother.

During the night, We got this boy to be healthy Again, I was getting worried because, he was such sick longer than his parents and brother.

So:

He went to spend time with his little sister, look at that. She's not an enjoyer of the attention everyone in the household been giving her. Fussy baby. even Dalton has came around with gifts* for the family to help them with new baby. (*I stole food from his inventory. While also being a household that collect food, my logic wasn’t there.)

[driftwithme]

Raleigh if you don't want one of my sassy answers, stop being irrational Becket:

Newt: "I really want to see a kaiju up close."

Raleigh: *puts a hand on Newt's shoulder* "No. You don't."

Mako: "You are unpredictable and a danger to your companions."

Raleigh: "Yeah, well..." *tries to soften the blow* "(essentially tells her she still needs to learn about real life combat)."

Herc: "Blame me for raising the kid like that. Most days I don't know if I should give him a hug or a kick in the ass."

Raleigh: "Respectfully?" *tries* "I do know which he needs." *kinda fails*

Tendo: "All the jaegers are electric, sir!"

Raleigh: "Not all of them." *getting face to face with Pentecost after he sent the cunty look at Raleigh for Eureka disobeying, as if it was his fault*

Pentecost: "I don't care shit about what you think you saw in there."

Raleigh: *not caring shit about Pentecost not caring shit*"You are not protecting her, sir. You are holding her back."

Bonus:

Chuck: "... One of you bitches needs a leash."

Raleigh: *doesn't say a word* *beats his ass in fuck around find out classic style*

[natequarter]

QUEEN MOTHER. If Thomas Becket were a faithless woman whom you still hankered after, you would act no differently. Sweet Jesu, tear him out of your heart once and for all! She bawls suddenly: Oh, if I were a man!

becket's gender politics are... interesting, to say the least, but oh boy. to have matilda saying this line... the failed heir to the throne, too much a woman and at the same time not enough, wishing she were a man to rectify the situation while explicitly comparing thomas becket to one of henry's mistresses! she commands her son to obey her (as a father should), but henry does not listen - for she is not, after all, a man. it's reminiscent of beatrice in much ado about nothing - "O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the market-place." followed immediately by:

YOUNG QUEEN. I tolerated your mistresses, Sir, but do you expect me to tolerate everything? Have you ever stopped to think what kind of woman I am? I am tired of having my life encumbered with this man. Becket! Always Becket! Nobody ever talks about anything else here!

just in case you were in doubt about the becket/mistress metaphor (which you weren't). also fascinating that unlike her husband and mother-in-law, eleanor makes no appeal to transgress her own role as a woman and henry's wife (though that position is threatened by becket), but instead says that she shall complain to all her male relatives, all the kings in europe, and, crucially, god, in this conflict of a king and an archbishop. (everyone is always calling to god for help in becket. god is suspiciously quiet throughout.) henry, as king, is the highest power in the kingdom, so both eleanor and matilda appeal to patriarchal power to fix the becket problem - eleanor to call upon it, matilda to be it, since it is the only method they have to wield power - neither of which they actually do. the play is riddled with such transgressions of gender, from matilda's "if i were a man!" to gwendolen's suicide to escape henry's lust.

KING. (Moaning, with his head buried in the mattress) I can do nothing! Nothing! I'm as limp and useless as a girl. So long as he's alive I'll never be able to do a thing. I tremble before him astonished. And I am the King! [...] Are there none but cowards like myself around me? Are there no men left in England?

what a little shit. but also: whereas his mother frames the becket problem as henry being the man and becket his mistress, henry frames himself as 'useless as a girl' - i.e. becket is the one with power over him, the one dominating him. partially to avoid culpability for his actions - henry is, after all, king, the most powerful man in england; partially plain misogyny (equating weakness with womanhood, particularly that of a girl); and partially because, as archbishop, becket is the most powerful churchman in the country, and his power is outside of henry's domain. does becket have him in his thrall? or does henry have becket in his thrall? hard to say. but what the play makes very clear is that henry's grasping power corrupts everything it touches - from his wife to his son to becket - and he is unable to have an equal relationship with anyone, as both a man and a king. becket is first his servant, then allied to a different higher power. for once in his life henry doesn't have absolute control - both literally, and because he loves becket to distraction, beyond all else - and he doesn't know how to deal with either of those things.

so he doesn't.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 12.29

1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church. 1503 – The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo. 1607 – According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia. 1812 – USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle. 1835 – The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States. 1845 – The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state. 1860 – The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete. 1874 – The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain. 1876 – The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio. 1890 – On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment. 1911 – Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia. 1913 – Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man. 1930 – Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan. 1934 – Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. 1937 – The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution. 1940 – In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians during World War II. 1972 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board. 1975 – A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75. 1989 – Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia. 1989 – The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble. 1992 – Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached. 1994 – Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board. 1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war. 1998 – Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives. 2003 – The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct. 2006 – The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt. 2013 – A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others. 2013 – Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps. 2020 – A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50.