November 2014

  • TV Review – 24: Live Another Day

    In an extra blog for this week, I’m reviewing the latest series of action-oriented conspiracy thriller 24, which aired earlier this year. Spoilers for 24: Live Another Day and 24: Day 5 ahead. For those who enjoy conspiracy thrillers, 24 is a must. All nine seasons have been pretty consistent in entertainment value, and Day… Read more

  • The latest on the Million Eyes Short Stories

    As I’ve now got three short stories set in the Million Eyes universe in production (two virtually completed), I thought I would dedicate a page to them and explain a bit more about what they are. This page is now live and titled The Million Eyes Short Stories. I’ve also added a short blurb about the first book in… Read more

  • The ‘Real’ Men In Black – Aliens, Majestic-12 or Mirage Men?

    For many people, the Men in Black are Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, zapping people’s memories in the popular 1997 comedy and its sequels. For others, Men in Black are a very real threat… For decades, men in black suits, sunglasses and hats have been making house calls to unsuspecting victims, normally those who… Read more

  • The Roswell UFO Incident – new ‘witnesses’ come forward

    In the last article I examined the events of 1947. Now I’m looking at what set Roswell on the road to becoming the biggest and most written-about conspiracy theory in history. The events of 1947 were actually rather… uneventful. Everything died down until UFO researcher Stanton Friedman interviewed Major Jesse Marcel in 1978, who recovered… Read more

  • Was the Gunpowder Plot an inside job?

    It’s Guy Fawkes Night! But should it be called Guy Fawkes Night? Robert Catesby was behind the Gunpowder Plot, not Guy Fawkes. In fact, there’s a theory that someone else was behind it – Sir Robert Cecil, England’s Secretary of State… Today is the 409th anniversary of the day a Catholic terrorist conspiracy to blow… Read more