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 against various sexual abuse allegations. Obviously, I’m not going to comment on the specific allegations or on the legal proceedings. But I have been meaning
So, we’re told a major terror operation was just heroically thwarted: involving a potential hijacked
The RAF Fairford Incident is still veiled in mystery. I have a sneaking suspicion it
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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 greatest World Cup ever…” is what he’s calling it. Of course he is. And that’s what ‘FIFA peace prize’ winner Trump
“…in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death…” “…I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us
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If you’ve never heard of Smedley Butler, it wouldn’t be your fault. But we all should have heard of him. Let’s rewind 80 years or so and remember the case of the Retired Marine General Smedley Butler: what he did, what it meant and what the implications are. Butler uncovered a
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“Every person has two homelands,” the French archaeologist Andre Parrot once commented; “His own and Syria”. T.E Lawrence (of Arabia), who spent a great deal of time exploring Syria, wrote specifically of Palmyra; “Nothing in this scorching, desolate land could be so refreshing”. It might also have been Lawrence who
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In this article, I want to square in on why
The recent anniversary of 9/11 got me thinking about some
It has become increasingly evident in the last several years
So, so sick of this BS. And I know I’ve
‘The world is a stage’, the saying goes. Lately, I’ve
Film
My original – and admittedly very long – review of
‘Yes’… is the short answer. I wouldn’t have bothered writing
Well, obviously, I wouldn’t be asking the question if I
One of the biggest complains that some fans had with
I don’t quite get some of the online hate for
Comics
Music
DMX was one of the very few ‘mainstream’ rap or
A decade on from it’s critically acclaimed UK release, Katastrophy
Long-awaited albums are not an uncommon phenomenon in modern music,
A fair amount of new music comes my way on
The tradition of musicians writing songs or composing projects centered