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
So… the long anticipated and much hyped ‘JFK files’ document dump. Some 80,000 pages of files have been made public, as per promises President Trump had made during his election campaign. But does it really tell us anything? Does this massive release of documents actually bring us any
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Whatever we may or may not think about Fidel Castro and his long era in Cuba (all of which is difficult, complex and debatable), it has to be said that there is something poetically pleasing about the fact that he survived some 634 assassination attempts, outlasted nine US Presidents and
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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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The case of escaped prisoner Daniel Abed Khalife, who has
“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the
You might’ve heard announcements this week that the mysterious Shroud
Is that a tongue-in-cheek title? Not really. It isn’t much
It gets tedious after enough time to keep going on
Film
It was really sad hearing the news that legendary filmmaker
You might’ve heard already, but there’s a Supergirl live-action TV
So I’ve just rewatched The Last Jedi for the fifth
It’s a weird, difficult time to be a Star Wars
Guardians of the Galaxy was about as enjoyable as I
Comics
Music
It may have become a little cliched to wax lyrical
A fair amount of new music comes my way on
Following, somewhat fortuitously from an article here a few weeks
In 1994, James Dean Bradfield raised eyebrows by wearing an
So. Soup. If you’ve already heard it, you probably don’t