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
A first century BC villa on the fringes of Rome is likely to be destroyed by a modern housing development. And not just a first century villa, but the villa believed to have belonged to Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus; the historical character immortalised by actor Stephen Boyd in the 1959
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100 years ago, the First World War was a devastating conflict in which many millions of people lost their lives and in which the political, social and even geographical state of the world was changed forever. But, far from being the “war to end all wars”, the consequences of World
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Much has been made in the days since the death of Muhammad Ali about the ‘whitewashing’ of his life and legacy.
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Have you noticed that *mainstream* politicians and media are now
It’s a curious error; assuming it was an error at
The ‘Omicron Variant’, despite sounding like a sci-fi novel title,
I mean that pretty much sums it up. Which is
So, the Charlie Kirk thing keeps going and going. I’ve
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Needless to say, this is my provisional review of The
The recent War of the Worlds movie was a total
X-Men Apocalypse isn’t quite the disaster some reviewers thought it
It’s hard for people sometimes to explain why someone mattered
The passing of Peter O’Toole in December 2013 was a
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As a lifelong Nirvana fan, it has always stuck out
Every couple of months, in the last few years, it
On October 21st 1995, the 28 year-old Shannon Hoon was
A statue of the late Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman and rock music
Following, somewhat fortuitously from an article here a few weeks