Conspiracy theories
I’ve been won over by a herbivore
‘Data-free vegans incoming by taxi,’ I texted the builder boyfriend, to alert him to the possibility of triple trouble. Quadruple…
Why are vegans so philosophically confused?
The solar panel fitter was eating his fried breakfast when the talkative vegans came into the kitchen. They surveyed his…
The Antichrist is back
The monster known as the Antichrist has been stalking Christians for nearly 2,000 years. Mostly it has fed the nightmares…
My B&B guests keep stealing my books
‘Please do NOT wash up!’ reads the makeshift sign I have fixed above the kitchen sink. It instructs our B&B…
My angry Fairy Liquid battle
‘Please do NOT wash up!’ reads the makeshift sign I have fixed above the kitchen sink. It instructs our B&B…
A searching question: Heartwood, by Amity Gaige, reviewed
Can the mysterious disappearance of a hiker on the Appalachian Trail be linked to a Department of Defense training facility in backwoods Maine?
Whether adored or despised, Princess Diana is never forgotten
Edward White examines the effect of the former Princess of Wales on the millions worldwide who never even laid eyes on her
JFK conspiracy theories won’t die
One of the most controversial things that can happen at any American table is to start talking about the JFK…
My boyfriend, the hedgehog hero
‘I’m making a hedgehog rescue ladder,’ said the builder boyfriend, who was on his knees in the farmyard, drilling a…
Conspiracy theories are as old as witch hunts
To millions of people across America, Hillary Clinton sits atop a global network of satanic child-traffickers and is battling an…
My B&B’s first celebrity guest
The TV talent show star was due to arrive at 5 p.m., and would be checking into our house long…
Will I ever get my HRT?
The novelty of living in a place where a policeman called Ambrose lives in a house whose door you can…
Are conspiracy theories just conspiracy therapy?
At the Centre for Rare Diseases, the car park was full and lots of people were milling about. I pulled…
A tidal wave of disinformation
Grotesque conspiracy theories merge and snowball, with serious global consequences. James Ball proposes a Digital Health System to counter the ‘pathogens’
Joining the dots
‘History,’ wrote Edward Gibbon, ‘is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.’ In…
The useful idiots of TikTok
Tyrants have always had useful idiots to whitewash their crimes but few have proven as useful and idiotic as those…
Am I a cuck?
‘You’re a cuck, Tobes, an absolute cuck.’ My friend James Delingpole was furious. ‘Honestly, I thought I could depend on…
Twitter is in China’s pocket
Twitter has been quick on the draw when responding to tweets by President Trump in the last month, as he…
The inevitability of Trump 2024
Donald Trump’s increasingly outrageous attempts to contest the results of the US presidential election were given their absurd symbol early…
What Trump can learn from Boris in fighting fake news
The US election has, once again, been plagued by a tide of disinformation and fake news. But don’t point the…
The paranoid style in left-wing politics
Did Donald Trump fake his battle with coronavirus to boost his standing in the polls? No, obviously not. He spent…
Liberals don’t need their own QAnon
A general rule of thumb: when something seems too good to be true, it typically is. That often doesn’t stop…
Cuckoo Q: are the QAnon crowd as crazy as they seem?
‘Have you guys been following 4Chan?’ asks Marjorie Taylor Greene in a 2017 video. A mysterious ‘patriot’ named ‘Q’, Greene…
Beware the super-spreaders of coronavirus conspiracy theories
When a new virus is discovered, conspiracy theories often spread faster than the disease. I’ve been following the debate in…
Fairfax fools join the birther brigade
What else were they ever going to do? Two Green senators were forced to resign because they’re better at self-righteousness than…
