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
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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Last week, for the first time since the start of the War in Syria, Turkish forces, backed by the United States, crossed the Syrian border and openly intervened against so-called ‘Islamic State‘ forces with heavy artillery strikes on the city of Jarablus (controlled by ISIS), which is situated on the
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I recently posted at great length about the origins of Wahhabism (and Zionism) and its influence on today’s bleak and bloody Middle Eastern crisis; and about the Hashemite Arabs that were sidelined from Arabia after the First World War in favour of the Wahhabist Saudis. As a brief add-on to
MoreWeird Stuff
If the recent horse-meat scandal made a lot of people
You want to know something weird? Of course you do.
So, a quick follow on from the post on the
This is a complex one. But highly interesting. And probably
‘We found no evidence that Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept
Film
In case you missed it, there was just another little
Or ‘Why it needs to be Fantastic’ is what I
So, let’s talk about one of the most overlooked, underrated
Guardians of the Galaxy was about as enjoyable as I
The passing of Peter O’Toole in December was a sad
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Music
So the Chris Cornell tribute concert took place on Wednesday
In September, a 20th anniversary edition of In Utero is
“You mean like a funeral?” the producer of Nirvana’s MTV
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen
Yeah, seriously. And you don’t even have to ‘win’ the