‘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
The Roswell Incident is, of course, one of the most famous – perhaps the most famous – incident in the modern mythology/history of UFOs (or Flying Saucers, as they were regarded at the time). The prevailing belief of many is that a spacecraft of extra-terrestrial origin crashed in New Mexico
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Are handwritten letters on the verge of extinction? And will anyone know to mourn their passing away from modern life? Some time ago, as part of a World Book Night event, Russell Brand took part in ‘Letters Live’ at London’s Southbank centre; he read a poignant handwritten letter that had
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I’ve been pondering this for some time; and have tried to somewhat lay out the subject as best as I can here in this article. This is something of a thought-experiment; trying to track the various strands of consequences from a single event, but moreover, trying to understand why that
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The apparent Russian attack on a maternity hospital in Mariupol
What are they doing up there? Or, to repeat myself
You might’ve heard announcements this week that the mysterious Shroud
As if the 2024 Presidential Election saga could get any
Let’s be brief with this one. An apparent attack on
Film
In anticipation of the highly anticipated X-Men: Apocalypse movie, I
Very few people would deny that Darth Vader is one
What is the greatest moment or scene in all of
You might’ve heard already, but there’s a Supergirl live-action TV
To mark Easter Sunday, I’ve decided to pay respect to
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Music
So, I went back and forth for a few days
It’s been 20 years, unbelievably, since Bjork released her second
December marked 20 years since the release of Pearl Jam’s
So this feels really weird now. After Chris Cornell’s death
‘The 20 Greatest Album Covers’ according to The Burning Blogger,