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
This year’s Christmas piece was originally going to be like last year’s and focus on an element of the Nativity tradition; instead, given current events and the popular reaction to them, I decided to go with a different subject – specifically, Islam and Christianity. There is now, perhaps inevitably, a
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A curious disc-like object pouring smoke and hovering over buildings was recently found in a monastery wall painting believed to date to the 16th century; the image is painted in a 14th century church in Sighisoara in Romania. The photograph (below), taken by tourist Catalina Borta, is perceived by some
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Is this picture the proof conspiracy theorists have sought for so long that Adolf Hitler did not die in that Berlin bunker in 1945 but in fact lived well into old age halfway across the world? According to writer and investigator Simoni Renee Guerreiro Dias, author of Hitler in Brazil
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So. The crucifixion. And the resurrection. A story, a myth,
April 30th marked 70 years to the day since Adolf
As the days have gone on, it has seemed increasingly
Donald Trump never did anything inappropriate with young girls. Neither
The interesting thing about torture – aside from its ineffectiveness
Film
As I didn’t write anything about Avengers: Endgame at the
Instead of doing the usual thing this Halloween, like watching
My original – and admittedly very long – review of
One of the (many) weird things about the pandemic was,
Whether it’s the journey from Trevorrow‘s ‘Duel of the Fates’
Comics
Music
This April marked the 20th anniversary of the release of
It’s been 20 years, unbelievably, since Bjork released her second
“You mean like a funeral?” the producer of Nirvana’s MTV
Every couple of months, in the last few years, it
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen