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
News
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
The riddle of the Roman ‘ghost legions’ is one of the most fascinating anomalies or urban legends around, particularly in Britain. As it’s that time of the year, I want to briefly come back into this area – particularly for how the mystery of the spectral legions can also lead
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A magical star leading three mysterious ‘wise men’ from the East across miles and miles of wilderness to a small, obscure town. And a troubled husband and wife travelling on donkey, social outcasts turned away by one apathetic towns-person after another, desperate for a simple act of human compassion to
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“You’re wasting your time appealing to the moral conscience of a bankrupt man like Uncle Sam. If he had a conscience, he’d straighten this thing out with no more pressure being put upon him…” “That whole thing about appealing to the moral conscience of America; America’s conscience is bankrupt. She
MoreWeird Stuff
I’ve been feeling a little weird lately, particularly over the
Berta Cáceres was one of Honduras’s leading indigenous activists and
If ever proof were needed that we inhabit an increasingly
One hundred years ago Albert Einstein, in his General Theory
Have you noticed that *mainstream* politicians and media are now
Film
My original – and admittedly very long – review of
As I didn’t write anything about Avengers: Endgame at the
As monumental a cinematic achievement as Avengers: Endgame was, one
A diary kept by the late actor Heath Ledger while he
Needless to say, this is my provisional review of The
Comics
Music
A few weeks ago it was the 30th anniversary of
The sudden and untimely death of the Cranberries frontwoman Dolores
So. I was supposed to be at the Pearl Jam
February 1st 2015 marks twenty years to the day since
While Glastonbury has been getting headlines recently, it’s worth saying