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
News
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
The riddle of the Roman ‘ghost legions’ is one of the most fascinating anomalies or urban legends around, particularly in Britain. As it’s that time of the year, I want to briefly come back into this area – particularly for how the mystery of the spectral legions can also lead
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Every few Christmases, I tend to re-read Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as the book has always had a hold on me ever since I first read it as a child. When I read it as a child, I had no real social conscience or understanding, of course – I simply
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While no one is likely to dispute Muhammad Ali’s claim to the title of Greatest Sports Star of All-Time, it was his potency and relevance as an inimitable cultural and social icon that many more people beyond the realm of sport will always remember him for.
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Scientists conducting experiments at the Large Hadron Collider imminently ‘hope
Everyone will have noticed the sudden explosion of new Michael
It was really sad hearing the news that legendary filmmaker
Berta Cáceres was one of Honduras’s leading indigenous activists and
If you think you understand what’s going in the Middle
Film
For me, a Star Wars movie used to be a
So yesterday was Star Wars Day. I’m a day late,
The X-Men film franchise in general has been a mixed
In anticipation of the highly anticipated X-Men: Apocalypse movie, I
In case you missed it, there was just another little
Comics
Music
This April marked the 20th anniversary of the release of
It has been 100 years since the birth of the
Along with the twentieth anniversary of Live Through This, a
Malala Yousafzai, the now world-famous (and Nobel Prize winning) Pakistani
I’ve already published a long reaction/opinion piece on the Chris