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
With the fiftieth anniversary of the My Lai massacre, it freshly occured to me that the harrowing subject of My Lai actually also sheds some light on the reality of the decline in real journalism in the modern age. I would assert that you can track the decline in the
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To say that Britain had been propelled into a kind of mania in the days following the death of Her Majesty the Queen would be a bit of an understatement. For ten days after the news broke of the passing of Elizabeth II, almost no other news or subject existed.
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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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In the immediate aftermath of the death of Pope Francis,
Instead of doing the usual thing this Halloween, like watching
This is just a little update with some newer information.
It was a bit funny that at more or less
I’m not going to spend too long on this; as
Film
Whether it’s the journey from Trevorrow‘s ‘Duel of the Fates’
So yesterday was Star Wars Day. I’m a day late,
One of the (many) weird things about the pandemic was,
Didn’t have enough time to properly, fully eulogise concerning the
Christopher Lee, aside from being one of the last greats,
Comics
Music
Considered the ‘darkest album in the history’ of music, and
On October 21st 1995, the 28 year-old Shannon Hoon was
Between 1987 and 2001, Kat Bjelland (vocals, guitar), Lori Barbero
Someone, via social media, criticised me for writing such a
A decade on from it’s critically acclaimed UK release, Katastrophy