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Scottish government’s Hate Crime Bill comes into effect next month; Orwell’s totalitarian nightmare has arrived

For three years, Scotland’s ‘Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill’ has been lurking in the shadows. It is now going to come into effect from 1 April meaning that “misogyny” and “stirring up hatred” will be recorded as a criminal offence. “It has taken 40 years longer than

3 Spells for the Spring Equinox

The world is coming back to life, and as the Spring Equinox approaches, why not take advantage of this bright new energy that is awakening? There are countless ways to use this springtime energy to manifest abundance, joy, and comfort within your life, all you need is the right medium

UK Council unlawfully incarcerates elderly couple to take their land

Danny Beach bought his farm, Padd Farm, in 1985. It was a 32-acre plot in Virginia Water, a village in the borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England. Farming was in decline but the Beach’s did their best. After a few years, they realised they would have to diversify and decided

The Unexpected

Despite calendars and clocks and all the mental gymnastics we use to control life and time, surprises are at the heart of existence. This may seem like a truism, but if so, it is one of those truths we often avoid in our desire for stability and the quelling of

The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion: Separating fact from fiction

Jewish people have been blamed for everything from the Black Death to the Russian Revolution.

Andrew Lownie: Lord Mountbatten and Prince Andrew’s sex scandals

Royal historian Andrew Lownie gave a damning indictment of Prince Andrew, both in his relations with Epstein and his behaviour in the Royal Family. “Andrew certainly likes young pretty girls. There are allegations that Virginia Giuffre brought against Andrew have never been investigated by the police,” Lownie said. “For the

Gutsy Women: Vanessa Beeley

Born in Tavistock, Devon, into the family of an experienced British Arabist diplomat, Sir Harold Beeley KCMG CBE, Vanessa Beeley was to be uprooted just a couple of months later to move with her father and mother to an official posting in Geneva. In 1967, her father, a lifelong advocate

The New Rulers of The World – John Pilger

John Pilger who was known as a campaigning journalist giant, sadly died yesterday, John has been commended for his bravery and integrity as a war correspondent, film maker and author.

Christmas Presents for Everyone

Daydreaming While Reading Jonathan Crary’s 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep

“Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Chief nourisher in life’s feast.” Shakespeare, Macbeth People often laugh when I tell them that I go to sleep at

Beware the “Autism Friendly City”

On 6th November, Dublin launched its Autism Friendly City plan in a bid to become the world’s most autism friendly capital city. ‘It’s a really exciting day,’ Dublin’s Lord Mayor said. ‘I do hope where Dublin leads, the rest of the country can follow also because it’

An Epistle to Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Dear Bobby, As you know, I have supported your bid for the presidency even before you declared last spring. I have admired and believed in you for years, and when you entered the race I felt hope for the first time in decades that your non-violent impulses, honed by your

Trafficked: Child Stealing by the State—Part 1

In Uganda, a young woman is forced into an arranged marriage with a much older man.

Evil Walks Among Us: Monsters with Human Faces Wreak Havoc on Our Freedoms

“But these weren’t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around—they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don’t recognize them for what they are until

Rituals and History of Samhain

The veil thins as we reach the end of October.On the 31st day of this autumn month, deep within the night, comes the ancestral energy that confounds us all other days of the year.