Darryl Morris

@darrylmorris.bsky.social

Hello. I'm a broadcaster, writer, documentary-maker and northerner. My latest documentary - God Next Door - is out now on BBC Sounds. I host the weekend late show on Times Radio. I'm a Bolton Wanderers fan and an #ADHD bore. www.darrylmorris.co.uk

Recently, I got an unexpected invitation. I was talking on Times Radio about Freemasons - the secretive, historical society, often accused of covertly ruling the world. The next day, I got an email from the Freemason’s Grand Secretary, inviting me to meet him at their mysterious HQ. I… said yes.

Recently, I got an unexpected invitation. I was talking on Times Radio about Freemasons - the secretive, historical society, often accused of covertly ruling the world. The next day, I got an email from the Freemason’s Grand Secretary, inviting me to meet him at their mysterious HQ. I… said yes.

A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy. Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common. My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...

Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west

New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity

ft.com

Violent crime has more than halved. A succession of newsworthy events does not constitute a trend. The world people are fed online isn't real. Bad faith actors want to convince us the world is collapsing because it's lucrative for them. Don't buy their snake oil.

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It’s our final night live from Cheltenham Literature Festival on Times Radio. Everyone else has gone home but Kim and I are still here, like those people who stay a bit too long at the end of a party.

I went to meet controversial YouTuber Charlie Veitch. He was a rising star of the conspiracy circuit, before being rejected by them, then finding a huge new community filming 'dystopian' Britain on YouTube. It's a story about new media, technology, belief and belonging... and a complex human.

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I went to meet controversial YouTuber Charlie Veitch. He was a rising star of the conspiracy circuit, before being rejected by them, then finding a huge new community filming 'dystopian' Britain on YouTube. It's a story about new media, technology, belief and belonging... and a complex human.

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