Paranoia takes root in rural England
In one of the Peak District’s most beautiful valleys, a battle over who secretly runs the world rages.
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Putin’s darkest conspiracy theory yet
The Russian president’s latest claims about Zelensky’s Jewish roots are as revealing as they are grotesque.
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Naomi Klein’s mirror world
The writer and activist on being mistaken for a conspiracy theorist.
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The rise of the Unabomber right
How American conservatives fell in love with Ted Kaczynski.
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So is the US government hiding aliens or what?
And if so, isn’t that actually quite comforting?
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The right’s obsession with “the blob” shows it is losing
This conspiracy theory is the last resort of a populist movement desperate to avoid responsibility for its own failures.
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Is the BBC afraid of satire?
After a succession of programme cancellations, fear is spreading that the corporation doesn’t think it can afford to make fun…
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Arresting Donald Trump will only strengthen the conspiracists
Five years after QAnon was born, the idea of a corrupt deep state persecuting its enemies is in the mainstream…
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Britain will keep getting weirder
Covid-era conspiracy thinking has become a permanent feature of national life.
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We have lost Russell Brand
This once-sexy communist has become an American culture wars pundit.
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How have 15-minute cities become a conspiracy theory?
No one wants to take away your car or put you in permanent lockdown.
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The mystery of Havana syndrome
This strange story from investigative journalist Nicky Woolf sits at the intersection of so many dark subjects.
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Is Putin dead?
What the persistent rumours about the Russian president’s health do and do not tell us about the country’s future.
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Andrew Bridgen isn’t the only conspiracy theorist when it comes to the NHS
When things go wrong, we are all primed to go looking for someone to blame.
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Andrew Bridgen is the sign of a new conspiracist conservatism
It’s vital for the persecution complex of a modern right that has lost the zeitgeist.
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How to spot fake news and fight back against post-truth politics
Five ways in which you can fight the rise of media bullshit.
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Nick Fuentes: the white supremacist travelling with Kanye West
Who is the 24-year-old conspiracy theorist who dined with the rapper and Donald Trump?
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Ye, Adidas and the trap of celebrity anti-Semitism
Prejudice against Jewish people won’t be stamped out in America because the German sportswear company dropped Kanye West.
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Political violence in the US has always been there, waiting to erupt
The attack on the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband is not an isolated incident.
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The podcast Hoaxed packages suburban trauma as grim entertainment
No matter how well researched, an investigation into a fake satanic conspiracy can’t help but seem salacious.
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