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By Charles E.P. Murphy Andy Burnham defeats his political challengers in the Makerfield by-election of 18th June 2026. Cropped from Sky News live coverage, in low quality to illustrate article. As of writing, Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Manchester, has returned to the House of Commons by winning a by-election — and everyone knows he’s planning to challenge Keir Starmer for leadership of Labour and thus the job of Prime Minister. By the time you’re reading this, the challenge h

By Ryan Fleming. Harry Bell did not care for the night watch. There were precious few jobs he did care for aboard the Brunswick, but the night watch was an especially frustrating one. He was stuck on deck for the entire night, and that far out at sea on that dark a night he was staring into an unending darkness for the full watch. There was only the muffled sound of the engines to keep him company. Very few crewmembers moved about deck at night, and those that did would much

By Ryan Fleming. A sinister TV broadcast will kill your kids... Cropped from the Halloween III, uploaded by Shout Studios, in low quality to illustrate article. There are plenty of ideas for films that never see the light of day due to their subject matter being too provocative. There are even plenty made whose subject matter makes them the source of great controversy. One of the former that it is easy to imagine becoming the latter is The Big, Big Giggle from Manx playwright

By Paul Hynes. French sailors are inspected on the destroyer Léopard in June 1942; this crew would go on to engage a U-Boat a few weeks later. From the Imperial War Museum's collection via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. The flash of naval gunfire adds to the light of the early morning horizon. On this early day in June, it is the first greeting from the vast liberation armada swarming the Normandy coast. The defenders are both fascinated and horrified by the sight. They re