News Round-Up
4 April 2026
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by Will Jones
White, western Santa cannot judge if children of other cultures have been naughty or nice. For that, says a Brighton and Hove Museums blog post, “perpetuates colonial assumptions of cultural superiority”.
“It pushes toward something much darker: a system of mass political censorship unlike anywhere else in the western world.” Substack CEO Chris Best explains why the Online Safety Act is bad news for free speech.
Festive revellers may have to be careful which tunes they pick for a Christmas sing-along down at the pub, as songs like ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’, ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’, and ‘Jingle Bells’ might offend the staff.
A Hollywood animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm has turned the classic story into a critique of capitalism and corporate corruption with a billionaire villain and a happy ending.
Andy Burnham and his allies are eyeing up a seat which is “likely to come free” in the coming months, bringing him one step closer to a return to parliament where he will be able to mount a challenge for the top job.
At least ten people, including children, are dead after gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah party on Bondi Beach in Sydney.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
Hertfordshire police have admitted that their arrest of Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine – two parents who complained about their daughter's school on WhatsApp – was unlawful, and agreed a £20,000 payout.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The UKHSA refused to publish data that could link the Covid vaccine to excess deaths, the Telegraph reports, arguing that it would cause bereaved relatives "distress or anger".