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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You might’ve heard announcements this week that the mysterious Shroud of Turin has apparently been successfully dated to the time of Jesus. After decades of claims and counter-claims, this latest claim – which purports to be decisive, but will probably be contested further – seems to suggest the legendary cloth
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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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As Mossad operations go, this one was technically impressive. Not
Ben Shapiro unironically called it ‘a religious event’. I don’t
As a few days ago marked the fifth anniversary of
The interesting thing about torture – aside from its ineffectiveness
Do you ever get the feeling that our collective destiny
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The recent War of the Worlds movie was a total
“So this is how liberty dies,” she says, with a
On the 10th anniversary since the sad passing of Christopher
There are few, if any, MCU movies that I dislike.
To mark Easter Sunday, I’ve decided to pay respect to
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It’s been 20 years, unbelievably, since Bjork released her second
Following, somewhat fortuitously from an article here a few weeks
This is a complex one. But highly interesting. And probably
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen
A statue of the late Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman and rock music