Author: Leigh Banks

Update on the story I may never be able to tell you PART III THE PLEDGE Storm clouds are gathering … the town looks like it’s on fire, Genghis’s ghost army is billowing. Yep, those good ol’ good fellas are getting ready for war… they’re pumping up their ancient smoke and mirror machines.  Stirrup pumps… Continue reading Bada bing, bada boom… I’m ready to fight Genghis’s ghost army now

Many years ago I was commissioned by a leading magazine to investigate the burgeoning interest in ancient hauntings in the early 2000s … I got quite well paid for the articles over three years and retained the copyright. Anyway, I ‘sold’ myself as the Skeptical Occultist with a mission to prove or disprove existence of… Continue reading A Curious Night in Electric Lady Land

Nice guy who crooned his life away for us all I was sad to hear of the death of crooner and all-round good guy Tony Bennett at the age of 96. In some ways he was the urbane smiling, freshly showered, elegant face of smartness and comfy shoes, no matter how patent. This is a… Continue reading Left in San Francisco… memories of Tony and a song from Bob

Do you know, there is something inherently wrong about the story concerning a depressed TV presenter who got caught up in a scandal either of his own making or not. Huw Edwards is one of the UK’s leading journalists with coming-up-to half a century in the job. He should have known exactly what the consequences… Continue reading Here is the Huws – red tops, BBC new-scandal blues, yellow-belly social media and all those dark lies and whitewashes

Why is news giant rolling like thunder under the cover-ups? I am saddened and angered by the new attacks on the popular British media… these attacks are a defence of the not-so-popular BBC, which may just be the most convoluted and ‘secretive’ news organisation in Britain today. Simple equation … the media investigated – totally… Continue reading THE PEADOPHILE SPIRIT OF ERIC LOOKS DOWN ON THE BBC’S CELEBRITIES OF SHAME

By our resident writer of surrealism, Eric Lastick EAGLE SOUND STRUM: Peyote buttons…desert high. Monies of the gold you run—through lucid dreams…soulful battles of wretch and whistles. Native Indian scenery on a hit sandy say. Hot gifts from the prophets now look dead on. Not a myth! Witchy Woman align with parts and figures of… Continue reading EAGLE SOUND STRUMS ON WINDS OF THE WITCHY WOMAN…

Alan Bennett, the brother of ‘lost boy’ Keith, has written another gentle and heart-felt piece giving a glimpse into the world of those who were left behind and were forced on a quest to find the remains of their loved ones. Thank you Alan, your writing is keeping memories and support alive… Alan writes: On… Continue reading Keith Bennett’s brother writes ‘when Pauline Reade’s body was found after 24 years, her mum said a dark cloud lifted’

IT IS MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE THIS LETTER WAS SENT TO THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA – WE SHOULD ALL SEND IT AGAIN According to dictionaries, propaganda is the sharing of misleading information for a political cause. It all began in 1622 when Pope Gregory XV Propaganda Fide to tell the world about the Catholic… Continue reading WAR PROPAGANDA, ALL IS PHONEY … HELP US TELL THE RUSSIANS

Rocker asks Putin ‘is your money that good …’ as her band members fights on Europe’s streets of death (see video inside) The lanky musician who has brought an element of punk blues to Dylan’s performances over the past decades has stepped into the spotlight of war. Charlie Sexton, the six feet three inches tall,… Continue reading Blasters of War … never-ending hope as Bob’s mate Charlie joins Ukraine protest