‘With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied… chains us all irrevocably…’ So said Captain Jean-Luc Picard, in the classic Star Trek episode ‘The Drumhead’. He continued,
You might’ve noticed a number of news items about the government advising people to stock up on food and emergency supplies. I noticed these warnings appearing in the headlines about a month ago; but they’ve reappeared more explicitly today as
Russell Brand’s trial has begun in the UK, as the celebrity grifter/influencer begins defending himself
So, we’re told a major terror operation was just heroically thwarted: involving a potential hijacked
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The RAF Fairford Incident is still veiled in mystery. I have a sneaking suspicion it might actually remain unresolved, going forward.
There’s almost nothing left to say about 9/11 that hasn’t been said already by someone at some point. And there’s nothing new
Admittedly a strange one, this. I almost wasn’t going to post it at all: but I’ve decided to just do it anyway.
So. The 2026 FIFA World Cup. The biggest show on Earth. I’ve been working on this article for weeks: but I decided
So, Disclosure Day is here. The movie, that is. This article contains no spoilers, by the way: I haven’t seen the movie
Much has been made in the days since the death of Muhammad Ali about the ‘whitewashing’ of his life and legacy.
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As the country observes commemoration of the terrible 7/7 bombings that occurred in London 10 years ago this day, what will almost certainly be missing from the mainstream coverage is any mention of how flimsy and non-credible the official narrative of those events is. You will hear constant talk of
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A brief word in respect for Labour MP Gerald Kaufman, who passed away a few days ago. And also on the story of Hannah Arendt (pictured above); one of the twentieth century’s most important writers. Kaufman, who served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until his death in 2017,
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The ‘joke’ about Puerto Rico wasn’t the worst part at
Along with the twentieth anniversary of Live Through This, a
Where to even begin? Implied murders? Missing babies? A reinforcement
What are they doing up there? Or, to repeat myself
Masked men, showing up without warning. Often with no warrants,
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One of the biggest complains that some fans had with
It’s hard for people sometimes to explain why someone mattered
You may have heard that Suicide Squad is terrible. You
I laid out in the previous article what the main
Whether it’s the journey from Trevorrow‘s ‘Duel of the Fates’
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The ongoing infantilisation of American politics and discourse is something
Pearl Jam’s induction into the Hall of Fame could probably
DMX was one of the very few ‘mainstream’ rap or
This summer is the 20th year since the release of
February 1st 2015 marks twenty years to the day since