It’s a worldwide phenomenon that occurs anywhere where fields of wheat and barley can be found, but the origin of the incredible patterns that emerge overnight across the cereal belt, commonly known as crop circles, remain a mystery despite regular manifestations throughout the summer months, with particular emphasis on Wiltshire and Hampshire in England’s heartland.…
Cabbage whites and red admirals aside, I’m not much of a butterfly aficionado… but just like the high brown fritillary I am quite partial to the Alun Valley. For those not from that part of the world and those, like myself, unfamiliar with the name, the Alun Valley sits in the western section of the…
This week an Argentinian stage show has highlighted concerns about a growing worldwide trend towards the sexualisation of children. A disturbing image from choreographer Flavio Mendoza’s theatre show Stravaganza – in which the artist placed his microphone between his thighs for his four-year-old son Dionisio to sing into – has sparked a huge backlash on…
I don’t know why, but whenever there are reports in the media about a mass shooting, such as the recent tragedy in California’s Monterey Park, or a missing sea vessel or plane, like the 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, I immediately ask myself: “Who were the victims?” I guess the reason is that…
If you want to know who not to trust in the year ahead, the World Economic Forum’s annual extravaganza at Davos in Switzerland offers a clear early indication. This year’s meeting, which came to a close last Friday, brought together 2,700 of the world’s movers and shakers, including 52 heads of state, to map out…
It’s probably a bit unrealistic to expect a Google search to conjure up much information about the leader of a UK satanic group, but to my amazement it did throw up more than I’d expected on the Global Order of Satan, an organisation that hit the headlines recently… not for anything more outlandish than the…
A short time before his two-year anniversary in the White House, former American president Donald Trump proudly announced the creation of his country’s first new “armed service” since 1947 through the establishment of the US Space Force. With everything else that was taking place during those “crazy hazy days” under Donald the landmark event went…
Just four months ago, towards the end of September 2022, a NASA DART successfully changed the orbit of Dimorphos, the smaller member of the binary asteroid system Didymos. Named after the Greek for “twin”, Didymos is about a half-mile across and has a smaller companion orbiting it… Dimorphos (Greek for “two forms”), approximately 20 metres…
Renowned Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud considered the human psyche to be at the centre of an individual’s emotions, thoughts and behaviour, controlling everything from a person’s interaction with family, friends and colleagues to beliefs about religion, education, death and all else in between. He characterised the psyche as consisting of three conflicting parameters… the id,…
Sat down at an Ohio Cracker Barrel restaurant with his brother and two potential investors in his revolutionary water-powered engine, Stanley Meyer took a slug of cranberry juice and immediately rose to his feet, his hands clutching his neck. The 57-year-old inventor rushed out into the parking lot vomiting violently, collapsed to the floor and…
