Ben Elton exclusive: ‘It’s a myth you can’t speak freely anymore’

Stand-up legend Ben Elton (Image: DAVID LEVENE / EYEVINE, BBC) Although it happens after our meeting, the Stewart-Shakespeare brouhaha seems in keeping with our conversation.  While concerned at the modern tendency to take offence, the stand-up legend, Shakespeare superfan and Upstart Crow creator strongly believes context is king when it comes to free speech. Unlike […]

'Paul Pogba is a myth… I would sell him in a heartbeat' – Man Utd star SLATED

The Frenchman returned to Old Trafford this season buoyed from his World Cup triumph, but has once again proved underwhelming. With a modest three goals and three assists, Pogba has been a passenger in some games this season, drawing criticism from fans and – more poignantly – his manager. Pogba was stripped of his vice-captaincy […]

“Wolf’s jaw” star cluster may have inspired parts of Ragnarok myth

Enlarge / Only the onset of Ragnarok can defeat Hela, the goddess of death, in Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok. (credit: Marvel Studios) In Norse mythology, Ragnarok is a cataclysmic series of events leading to the death of Odin and his fellow Asgardian gods, and ultimately to the end of the world. Some iconographic details of this […]

Ajit Pai grilled by lawmakers on why FCC spread “myth” of DDoS attack

Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Democratic members of Congress want to know when Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai knew that the FCC’s claims about being hit by a DDoS attack were false. An FCC […]

A Trump administration ‘myth vs fact’ sheet on its family separation policy deliberately avoids the most important point about the scandal

Susan Walsh/AP The Trump administration is under fire for its policy of separating children from their parents at the US-Mexico border. As a result, the Department of Homeland Security has published a supposed fact check of its family separation policy. It details “myths” about the policy, and blames the media and congressmen for negative stories […]

Hay fever: Does eating local honey REALLY get rid of symptoms? Popular myth debunked

Hay fever appears every summer, when plants begin to release pollen into the air causing some people to have an allergic reaction. Hay fever season begins in late March when trees release the substance. At present, through mid-May to July, it is the grass pollen season, when grasses release their pollen into the atmosphere. Symptoms […]

‘Ultimatum’ was a media myth

Video ‘Ultimatum’ was a media myth1:02 NRL: Paul Green talks to the press about his new contract and the his personal goal to coach the QLD Origin team. April 16th 2018 a minute ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/NRL News/ NRL News Not again! Knights or Barca?0:34 April 16th 2018 an hour ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and […]