Disclosure and deceit: Secrecy as the manipulation of history, not its concealment

Lobster Issue 61 (Summer 2011)

[PDF file]: […] been trained to do. If we shift our attention for a moment to the economic basis of this region, it has been said that the war against drugs is also being fought there. However, this is counterfactual. Since the 1840s the region from Afghanistan to Indochina has been part of what was originally the […]

The Rule of the Tech Lords

Lobster Issue 92 (2026)

[PDF file]: […] lost office, in February 2022, he was extradited to One interesting detail in Silverman’s account is that on occasions Musk has had parties, ‘where he allegedly consumed drugs like LSD and ketamine’, and got his guests to sign NonDisclosure Agreements. He was not alone in this. Another member of the PayPal mafia, Joe Lonsdale, […]

lob84-view from the bridge (sept 84)

Lobster Issue

[…] which was kicking around as a summary of some Brexiteers’ aspirations: a low tax, authoritarian society – Singapore with better golf courses and easier access to the drugs of choice – fit for the rich to live and be serviced in. Lawson provides a link to maps of the proposed freeports in the UK.24 […]

A Jimmy Savile sex scandal concealed during the 1997 General Election

Lobster Issue 73 (Summer 2017)

[PDF file]: […] complaint.6 The 1997 NHS report was created at the behest of Mr Dorrell during his time as Health Secretary, following allegations in the national press of ‘ drugs finds and a possible child pornography ring at Broadmoor’.7 Mr Dorrell received the ensuing report in April 1997. Mr Dorrell did not mention the report in […]

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