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
“Every person has two homelands,” the French archaeologist Andre Parrot once commented; “His own and Syria”. T.E Lawrence (of Arabia), who spent a great deal of time exploring Syria, wrote specifically of Palmyra; “Nothing in this scorching, desolate land could be so refreshing”. It might also have been Lawrence who
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At this time, there are no doubt scores of World War I articles and expositions being published right now. But I also want to talk about one of the more famous cultural homages to the First World War – the fourth and final series of the classic British series Blackadder;
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Mainstream and online media outlets have been pouring over the release of thousands of documents pertaining to the JFK assassination. But the result, near as I can tell, appears to be that we’ve learnt a great deal – and nothing at all. And this was probably how it was meant
MoreWeird Stuff
In the immediate aftermath of the death of Pope Francis,
It’s been several days now since the killing of Charlie
The stench of media and government deception and stage-management in
‘Yes’… is the short answer. I wouldn’t have bothered writing
What is the ‘Event’? And why are tech billionaires seemingly
Film
So a new blockbuster called Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has just
The online harassment of actress Kelly Marie Tran (who portrays
Whether it’s the journey from Trevorrow‘s ‘Duel of the Fates’
I had to take a moment to mention the passing
One of the biggest complains that some fans had with
Comics
Music
DMX was one of the very few ‘mainstream’ rap or
The term ‘icon’ gets thrown around a little too casually
Noticing that yesterday marked twenty years to the day of
Along with the twentieth anniversary of Live Through This, a
A statue of the late Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman and rock music