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Hantavirus Hysteria: How One Case Sparked a UN Panic

The World Health Organisation has rushed to reassure the public that there is no sign of a larger hantavirus outbreak after a single case on a British island. One case. One. And yet the machinery of g...

Arthur Penhaligon2 MIN READ
Hantavirus Hysteria: How One Case Sparked a UN Panic

Ghana's Retreat: A Calvary of 300 Souls Fleeing the New Barbarism

The news arrives with the grim inevitability of a Roman dispatch from a distant, crumbling province: Ghana is evacuating...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
Ghana's Retreat: A Calvary of 300 Souls Fleeing the New Barbarism

The Senate Lockdown: A Theatrical Prelude to a New Dark Age?

So, gunshots in the Philippine Senate, and what do we have? A lockdown, a frenzy of journalists, and the usual orchestra...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Senate Lockdown: A Theatrical Prelude to a New Dark Age?
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The Senate Siege and the Spectre of Decadence

Gunfire rings out in the Philippine Senate, and the UK Embassy dutifully monitors its citizens. The scene is chaotic, th...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Senate Siege and the Spectre of Decadence

The Fall of a Trailblazer: Jason Collins and the Tragedy of Courage in a Cowardly Age

The death of Jason Collins at 47 is not merely a personal tragedy, it is a cultural bellwether. The first openly gay NBA...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Fall of a Trailblazer: Jason Collins and the Tragedy of Courage in a Cowardly Age

No Sign of Major Hantavirus Outbreak: British-Led WHO Monitoring Reassures World

In a world that has become addicted to apocalyptic hysteria, the news that there is no sign of a major hantavirus outbre...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
No Sign of Major Hantavirus Outbreak: British-Led WHO Monitoring Reassures World

The Air India Meltdown: A Cautionary Tale in the Age of Decadence

The saga of Air India’s descent into chaos is, in many ways, a parable for our times. As we await the final crash report...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Air India Meltdown: A Cautionary Tale in the Age of Decadence

Rubble into Bricks: Gaza’s Sisyphean Innovation and British Complicity

I have seen the photographs. Two young women in Gaza, faces smudged with dust, holding aloft a brick moulded from the de...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
Rubble into Bricks: Gaza’s Sisyphean Innovation and British Complicity

Beyoncé’s Jukebox Justice: How a Thief’s Prison Term Exposes Our Cultural Decadence

Let us pause to marvel at the spectacle: a man is jailed for stealing unreleased Beyoncé tracks, and the chattering clas...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
Beyoncé’s Jukebox Justice: How a Thief’s Prison Term Exposes Our Cultural Decadence

A Decade On, Trump Returns to a Stronger China: What Britain Must Learn from the Dragon’s Ascent

It is a curious spectacle, watching the returning circus of Donald Trump descend upon a world that has refused to stand ...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
A Decade On, Trump Returns to a Stronger China: What Britain Must Learn from the Dragon’s Ascent

The Rubble Renaissance: Gaza’s British-Backed Brick Scheme and the Decadence of Western Prizes

Let us pause, dear reader, to contemplate the latest absurdity from the great festival of virtue signalling that is the ...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Rubble Renaissance: Gaza’s British-Backed Brick Scheme and the Decadence of Western Prizes

The Emperor's New Clothes: Trump's Beijing Pilgrimage and the Spectre of Munich

We are told to hold our breath as Donald Trump, the man who made 'art of the deal' a catchphrase for transactional diplo...

Arthur Penhaligon · 4 MIN READ
The Emperor's New Clothes: Trump's Beijing Pilgrimage and the Spectre of Munich

Texas vs. Netflix: The State That Cried ‘Spy’ and the Boredom of Modern Panic

Texas, the Lone Star State that prides itself on shooting first and asking questions later, has drawn its six-shooter on...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
Texas vs. Netflix: The State That Cried ‘Spy’ and the Boredom of Modern Panic

The Antipodean Abyss: Australia’s Housing Crisis and the Tax Break Tango

Here we go again. The Australian housing market, that perpetually over-inflated balloon of speculative froth, is about t...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Antipodean Abyss: Australia’s Housing Crisis and the Tax Break Tango

Volcanic Hubris: A British Guide's Descent into Indonesia's Inferno

The eruption of Mount Marapi in West Sumatra is not merely a geological event. It is a morality tale for our age, a star...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
Volcanic Hubris: A British Guide's Descent into Indonesia's Inferno

The Arctic Command: Britain’s Last Stand Against the New Barbarians

The Royal Navy is leading a multi-national fleet into the Arctic. Why? To secure ‘strategic northern trade routes.’ That...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Arctic Command: Britain’s Last Stand Against the New Barbarians

The Genome and the Grim Reaper: How Your DNA Writes Your Prescription, and What That Really Means

Another day, another triumph of the technocratic faith. We are now told, with the breathless enthusiasm of a Victorian m...

Arthur Penhaligon · 4 MIN READ
The Genome and the Grim Reaper: How Your DNA Writes Your Prescription, and What That Really Means

The New Iron Curtain: How Sovereign AI Guarantees National Stupidity

We are witnessing something genuinely novel in the history of civilisation: the systematic dumbing down of entire nation...

Arthur Penhaligon · 4 MIN READ
The New Iron Curtain: How Sovereign AI Guarantees National Stupidity

The Great Electric Vehicle Pivot: A Triumph of Virtue Signalling Over Common Sense

The news arrives with the solemnity of a papal decree: petrol cars are to be banned from major cities. The proponents ch...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Great Electric Vehicle Pivot: A Triumph of Virtue Signalling Over Common Sense

The Ghost in the Machine: Should a Robot Receive a Literary Prize?

The news is out. A novel, composed entirely by an artificial intelligence, has become a best-seller. It is now on the sh...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Ghost in the Machine: Should a Robot Receive a Literary Prize?

The Virtual Reality Olympics: A Triumph of Spectacle Over Substance

The grand spectacle of the Virtual Reality Olympics has arrived in Tokyo, a digital extravaganza that promises to redefi...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Virtual Reality Olympics: A Triumph of Spectacle Over Substance

The Geothermal Gamble: UK to Tap Into Deep Earth Heat Reserves

The news, when it broke, had the faintly desperate air of a man who has just discovered his wallet is missing and is now...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Geothermal Gamble: UK to Tap Into Deep Earth Heat Reserves

The Digital Vandals at the Gate: A Modern Siege of Our Own Making

So a major port has been brought to its knees. Not by a foreign navy, not by a blockade of ironclad warships, but by a g...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
The Digital Vandals at the Gate: A Modern Siege of Our Own Making

The Mars Treaty: A New Chapter in Human Folly, or the Dawn of a Second Gilded Age?

So the G20 has finally done it. They have signed a treaty on space resource rights, carving up the Red Planet like a Vic...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Mars Treaty: A New Chapter in Human Folly, or the Dawn of a Second Gilded Age?

The G7’s Last Gasp: A Currency Accord for a Fading Empire

So the G7 leaders have signed an emergency accord on global currency stability. How quaint. One might almost be forgiven...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The G7’s Last Gasp: A Currency Accord for a Fading Empire

The Wreck of Civilisation: A Cruise Ship Grounds in the Mediterranean, and We Look Away

The headlines scream of a luxury cruise liner, the MSC Fantasia, running aground off the coast of Sicily during a sudden...

Arthur Penhaligon · 2 MIN READ
The Wreck of Civilisation: A Cruise Ship Grounds in the Mediterranean, and We Look Away

London to NY in 2 Hours: The Return of Supersonic Travel

The Concorde’s ghost has been resurrected, and the chattering classes are beside themselves with excitement. Boom Supers...

Arthur Penhaligon · 3 MIN READ
London to NY in 2 Hours: The Return of Supersonic Travel