Our media are giving the UK Independence Party (UKIP to you and me) unprecedented publicity of late. Understandable, given their recent surges in by-elections in Corby, Middlesborough, North Croydon and, more controversially, Rotherham. UKIP’s ubiquitous leader, Nigel Farage, pops up everywhere with his abundant line in rent-a-rant. You could be forgiven […]

With the recent fury over the ‘Savile Scandals’ and the re-emergence of the horrific abuses that took place in many North Wales children homes, the attack on the BBC is the latest in a long line of stories to distract our attention momentarily from the actual victims of abuse – and from the trail that […]

Once, western films were the standard fare of Hollywood. In fact, Hollywood was founded on the popularity of the ‘rootin’, tootin’ western one-reeler. Real cowboys were employed in the silent film era. They knew how to ride, how to shoot and rope, and a man had to do what a […]

This had to be the trickiest assignment I’d had so far since working for 21st Century News. The idea was easy. At 21st we choose who we’d like to interview or what historical event we’d like to witness first hand, make the request to one of the editors who then […]

Striking miners at Marikana in South Africa have won a historic victory. The disgraceful shootings last month (August 16) saw 34 miners killed by police, 78 wounded AND 270 arrested and accused of their colleagues’ murders in a kind of sick, Orwellian twist. Despite beatings, widely alleged torture and harassment, the strike not only […]

Sheer disbelief and outrage greeted the murderous shootings by the police that claimed the lives of 34 miners and injured 78 others, at the Lonmin platinum mines. Now outrage has swept across the country, as insult is added to injury when it was announced that 270 striking miners will stand accused […]

They were scenes reminiscent of the infamous ‘Sharpeville Massacre’ at the height of the racist apartheid regime. The police murders of 34 striking miners, at the Lonmin platinum mining company at Marakan, revealed the true nature of the present South African government. The promise of the historic ending of apartheid in 1994 lies in tatters. […]

Nobody can deny our athletes’ achievements at the 2012 Olympics. Their hard work paid dividends in medals and prestige earned for themselves. They provided a canvas for us to emote all the highs and lows, heartaches and triumphs. For a little over two weeks, we could put aside our troubles, all the woes […]