‘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
“…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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The Mausoleum of Augustus should probably rank as one of the most significant historical sites in the world. We are referring, after all, to what was the final resting place of one of the most important and famous figures of history: and not just of himself, but of his entire
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In 2008 or 2009, the BBC made a documentary on life inside Libya: I remember it because I watched it at the time of its broadcast. Up until the beginning of 2011, that video was available on You Tube. Once the international community had made up its mind – after
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The case of escaped prisoner Daniel Abed Khalife, who has
In some countries right now, the COVID vaccination issue is
So, yes, we need to talk about DynCorp. But, first,
Berta Cáceres was one of Honduras’s leading indigenous activists and
Since I already covered this subject a fortnight ago, I’ll
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Star Wars “purists” who’ve for a long time been waiting
The X-Men film franchise in general has been a mixed
My original – and admittedly very long – review of
Among all the various ‘controversies’ to surface concerning the Star
Or ‘Why it needs to be Fantastic’ is what I
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I just saw one of the best shows of my
A decade on from it’s critically acclaimed UK release, Katastrophy
As a lifelong Nirvana fan, it has always stuck out
Nineties Indie kids might be pleased by the return of
Noticing that yesterday marked twenty years to the day of