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In this conversation, painter Jake Fern invites Matthew Glamorre, an artist, videographer, and outspoken critic of the LGBTQ movement, to his home for the first of three chats recorded while Jake paints his portrait. Matthew describes himself as an “outcast amongst outcasts” and looks back on a childhood that swung from idyllic to chaotic: growing up in Hay-on-Wye among his father’s rock-and-roll friends, a farmhouse life in the Black Mountains spent close to the seasons, and a family fortune that vanished almost overnight in the 1970s oil crisis.
He talks candidly about growing up looking like a girl, being called “gay” as a schoolboy insult, and why he has never accepted that word for himself, preferring to call himself a “stately English homo.” He explains why he sees the rainbow identity as something that was quickly commercialised after the AIDS years, and why mediocrity and conformity are things he has always recoiled from, along with his reputation as a prude on the 1980s London club scene.
Underneath it all is a more spiritual story: the pull between the old ways of hedgerow, harvest and nature and the grandeur of high Anglicanism at Hereford Cathedral School, leaving home at 13 for London nightlife, and a sense of duty, as an elder now, to pass on a connection to the land that he feels others have been denied.
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For more information on Jake Fern's art, go to https://www.jakefern.co.uk/ or https://www.therighteousbrothers.uk/
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Mike Robinson, Patrick Henningsen, and Basil Valentine present today's UK Column News.
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00:00 Introduction00:44 By-election Result: Somalian Refugee Sagal Abdi-Wali Becomes Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras04:00 Basil Valentine’s Report from the Green Party Conference in Brighton17:17 UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and German Chancellor Merz Meet in Berlin To Discuss Partnerships24:40 The Russian Threat!38:20 Support UK Column’s Independent Journalism39:15 RAF Marham, Home of the F-35 Fighter Jet41:15 UK The End of UK Diplomats in East Jerusalem/Occupied Palestinian Territory 49:32 Dire British Economic Updates53:58 In Case You Missed It: The Worst-Case Scenario, Lamborghinis, Noose Pins in High Schools, Freemasons, a Livestreamed Execution, Depleted Gas, and More
This episode of UK Column News is from the 22nd of January 2020 — right before the world went insane.
Subjects covered include Greta Thunberg, Trump, ‘online harms’, Boris Johnson meeting Vladimir Putin, and a sinister story from the BBC which advocates the killing of the elderly. It was a chilling premonition of what was about to unfold globally.
Has much changed in the news since 2020? You decide.
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In this episode of the Silk and Steel Podcast, Carl Zha is joined by Einar Tangen to examine the significance of the latest Xi-Trump summit and what it reveals about the rapidly changing relationship between China and the United States.
Einar argues that one of the most important aspects of the meeting was the symbolism: Xi Jinping was treated as an equal by the United States president — something Einar describes as a potentially important shift in how China is viewed on the global stage.
But beneath the diplomacy are much harder questions.
Why does Washington need China’s rare earths? What does China actually want from the United States? Did the summit produce meaningful economic results, or was it primarily about keeping tensions under control?
The conversation also explores China’s enormous role in global manufacturing and supply chains, the possibility of a more multipolar international system, and why economic interdependence could make direct confrontation between the two countries increasingly costly.
Carl and Einar then turn to a different battlefield: artificial intelligence.
Is the AI boom becoming a bubble? What happens when companies invest billions in AI without generating comparable profits? And should AI development be governed through international rules rather than competing national systems?
The discussion goes even further into the future of education, technology, business, globalization and people-to-people diplomacy — including why actually visiting another country can challenge narratives that people absorb through the media.
Watch the full conversation for a wide-ranging discussion about China, America, AI, trade and the changing global order.
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Mike Robinson, Charles Malet, and Vanessa Beeley present today's UK Column News.
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00:00 Introduction
00:43 Digital ID: Airports and assets
09:17 Yemen: With special guest Professor Isa Blumi
21:08 Proportionality: Three years of slaughter since October 7
29:26 Support UK Column’s independent journalism
30:04 BBC: New head of news
33:04 National Security: Fairford fiasco rumbles on
44:19 Mecca: Israel and Pakistan
52:04 UKHSA: New bosses have serious form
56:13 Folic Acid: Will be added to all flour
This discussion digs into the CIA's ties to apartheid South Africa and how U.S. policy shaped power there.
Jeremy Kuzmarov, from Covert Action Magazine, covers the CIA's role in Mandela's arrest, America's shifting stance on apartheid, and the broader fight over Africa's resources.
Kuzmarov then traces the fallout in post-apartheid South Africa, where inequality persists and old structures endure. Add in the legacy of surveillance, propaganda, and Cuba's surprising role to help end apartheid.
https://covertactionmagazine.com
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Terri Hall, an activist of Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom, tells Mark Anderson about fighting US toll roads being imposed on America’s vehicle-owning public by international private companies.
Publicly owned motorways are being leased from the state and being converted into privately operated, highly expensive routes. Failure to pay the toll often leads to the seizing of vehicles, and this has happened to hundreds of thousands of Texans.
Terri also describes manipulative technologies like automotive ‘kill’ switches in vehicles as well as the dangers of driverless trucks and unmanned taxis currently causing havoc on US roads.
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China has transformed dramatically since the the People’s Republic was founded in 1949. Carl Zha joins Jamarl Thomas to examine what that transformation means for America and the wider world.
Carl and Jamarl begin with China’s National Day and the extraordinary changes in Chinese living standards, literacy, healthcare and technological capacity over the past several decades. They discuss China’s reduction of poverty and the expansion of its STEM workforce, while they also examine how China’s economic rise has generated concern in Washington.
The conversation turns to America’s changing economic and political model. Carl argues that the Cold War once forced U.S. elites to share more of their economic gains with working Americans, but the collapse of the Soviet Union removed much of that pressure. They debate whether America’s current confrontation with China is really ideological — or is it fundamentally a struggle over global power and U.S. supremacy.
The discussion takes another turn. There is controversy that surrounds North Korean prisoners who were captured in Russia and transferred to South Korea. Carl explains the Cold War history where prisoners of war were used for political and intelligence purposes, and then examines the dispute between Seoul and Kyiv.
Carl and Jamarl also discuss Trump, Iran, Russia and the global oil market, including the so-called “shadow fleet” that transports sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil. They examine how attempts to restrict those flows could send global oil prices sharply higher, particularly if China and India are forced to compete for alternative supplies.
Finally, the conversation moves to Japan’s military buildup, Taiwan and the UN Charter. Carl explains the continued dispute over Japan’s postwar military restrictions, Article 9, the historical legacy of World War II, and why Beijing views Japanese military expansion—particularly in connection with a potential Taiwan conflict—as a major security issue.
Topics covered:
• 🇨🇳 China’s transformation since 1949
• 📈 China’s economic and technological rise
• 🇺🇸 America’s changing economic model
• ⚔️ U.S.–China competition
• 🇰🇵 North Korean POWs captured in Russia
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine and South Korea tensions
• 🇷🇺 Russia’s oil exports and sanctions
• 🛢️ The global oil market
• 🇯🇵 Japan’s military rearmament
• 🇹🇼 Taiwan and Japanese security policy
• 🇨🇳🇺🇸 The changing global balance of power
Watch the full conversation for Carl Zha and Jamarl Thomas’ deep dive into China, America, Russia, Ukraine, Japan and the rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.
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Jerm, Mike and Charles take on climate narratives, protest culture, and who really pulls the strings. They question whether modern protests achieve anything, from apartheid-era activism to the situation in Gaza, and dig into government infiltration of social movements.
Is "grassroots" activism ever truly organic?
Along the way, they touch on global warming claims, seasonal shifts, and how music shapes public sentiment.
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Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson, and Charles Malet present today's UK Column News.
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00:00 Introduction
00:43 RAF Fairford: The plot thickens…
10:20 Juries: Court scared of public
16:33 Covid 19: Netherlands Hearing
27:40 Support UK Column’s independent journalism
28:55 Veterans: Pawns in the game
36:23 JEF: Embryonic defence PR outfit
40:15 Government Comms: Propaganda narratives
47:10 BBC: You will pay for it - like it or not
50:10 Oil: Massive African refinery gets western aid
54:15 Prevent: Snitch brigade in full force
57:33 And Finally: Open letter to media editors from a UKC Member
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