A brilliant parody worth reading – Woke Rabbi
As a non-Orthodox Jew I’ve met a great many Rabbonim from the various Jewish movements that exist outside of Orthodoxy. A lot of these…
Culture – includes movies
Quote of the Day 07th June – Some sensible comments from Bill Mahr.
The American comedian, political activist and television host Bill Mahr sits very much on the centre-Left. However, this does not mean that he’s wrong…
From Elsewhere: Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of culture war. A creator takes on cancel culture.
One of the nicest, most personable of You Tube creators that are out there is Jeremy Hambly of The Quartering. I don’t inhabit the…
From Elsewhere: The tyranny and dishonesty of speech codes.
While spinning through the New English Review’s blog recently I came across an article by Theodore Dalrymple. In it he pointed out that the…
A censorship story that is truly bizarre.
There are loads of ‘true crime’ channels on You Tube, some better than others and some which concentrate on particular types of crimes or…
A Quack comes back. The return (of sorts) of turps drinking enthusiast Sunfruit Dan
As somewhat of a free speech fundamentalist, I’ve never been that much in favour of deplatforming. I’d rather that lunatics of any sort, whether…
From Elsewhere: GB News hits back at Guardian hit piece
On the 8th of January of this year, Marina Hyde of the Guardian decided that what the world really needed was yet another dose…
Quote of the Day 21/02/2021 – When challenging misinformation becomes censorship.
I saw this quote floating around social media today and thought, this hits the nail very much on the head. Misinformation from bad actors…
Weekend Movie Number Five – An underrated and probably forgotten spy thriller.
Most people know Rex Harrison for his performance in the musical My Fair Lady but here we see him taking on the role of…
From Elsewhere: Brendan O’Neill hits the nail on the head about freedom of speech.
If you read one long form piece today then please make it the one linked to below by Brendan O’Neill. In this piece he…
