Whitstable Views

23/07/2026

Today's the day! Here it is folks, the new edition of Trials of Arthur: 20,000 words longer, with nine new chapters, with 40 images, new essays by the authors and an article by -- guess who? -- Sir Keir Starmer, until recently the Prime Minister.

https://www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-item/the-trials-of-arthur-the-biker-who-would-be-king/

20/07/2026

Myths are the stories we tell ourselves. They help us to make sense of our world. They’re the ideological scaffold on which we build the narrative of our lives.

Bringing King Arthur into the 21st century. || Christopher James Stone

04/07/2026

On July 25th 2026 the first local Big Ride for Palestine will take place right on our doorstep in Margate.

On July 25th the first local Big Ride for Palestine will take place in Margate

19/06/2026

"Currently I’m supporting Iran. This is the most put-upon team in the World Cup. It’s based in Tijuana, Mexico, but is playing in Los Angeles. This is because of US visa restrictions."

USA vs Iran! || Christopher James Stone

08/06/2026

I asked my friend Steve Andrews to write me a piece about Data centres. This is what he came up with.

Although there's no data centre currently being proposed for Whitstable, there are a number in Kent, and a new one being proposed in Broad Oak/Sturry, plus we have a data centre commissioning company on the John Wilson business park.

Included in this article are a couple of petitions: one a general petition against data centres, and one against the new one in Sturry.

Also included, a very informative video.

In case you haven't figured out what's going on: this is late capitalist colonisation of our planet and infrastructure. Combine the proliferation of data centres with the growth of AI corporations such as Palantir, and you have the prospect of techno-fascism forming before our very eyes. Data centres are the hardware, Palantir are the software, for a new corporate surveillance state.

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Image: Google Data Centre in Hertfordshire by Steve Andrews As if we didn’t already have more than enough dangers to biodiversity and life on this planet, a new one has been added: the development …