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
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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In December 2021 – just a few weeks before the Russian military incursion into Ukraine – something incredibly interesting happened. A United Nations resolution was presented, its purpose being to condemn Nazism or the ‘glorification of Nazism’. Only two countries voted AGAINST the resolution. Guess which ones? It was the
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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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This month will see the delivery of the Pentagon’s much-hyped
So… how do you even write about COVID or the
About the Orlando Massacre narrative: subsequent oddities and inconsistencies in
An image, captured by the Curiosity rover’s MastCam on August
And yes, some people genuinely think an alien invasion is
Film
“Omar Sharif…? No one is called Omar Sharif! Your name
Very few people would deny that Darth Vader is one
So, this is about two very different, though technically similar,
Today the world will say its final goodbye to one
I deliberately waited some time before attempting to write a
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Music
Soundgarden has just been inducted into the Rock n’ Roll
It’s really weird when someone like David Bowie dies, because
The news that broke yesterday that Mark Lanegan had died
Yep, another of those ’20 year anniversary’ posts that I’ve
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen