# fenton (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover fenton. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Capture of Academia](https://www.normanfenton.com/post/the-capture-of-academia) _2026-07-04 · Norman Fenton · Norman Fenton_ New Book published 31 July 2026 How ideology replaced truth in modern universities—and why it matters to everyone. After forty-seven years inside Britain's universities, Norman Fenton explains how political activism came to dominate academic life, rewarding conformity over enquiry and activism over scholarship. ​ Drawing on personal experience and extensive evidence, Fenton argues that what began… ## [Eccentric Research Project Funding](https://www.normanfenton.com/post/eccentric-research-project-funding) _2026-03-06 · Norman Fenton · Norman Fenton_ I am finalising my next book "The Capture of Academia: How Universities Abandoned Truth, Enforced Ideology, and Endangered Society". The following is an appendix for the book that lists some illustrative examples of some of the eccentric projects that recieve millions of pounds of tax-payer funding. ## [Response to my FOI regarding the the banning of Eva Vlaardingerbroek](https://www.normanfenton.com/post/response-to-my-foi-regarding-the-the-banning-of-eva-vlaardingerbroek-1) _2026-02-05 · Norman Fenton · Norman Fenton_ On 14 January Dutch political commentator announced that she has been banned from travelling to the UK: Technically it was not a ban, but the cancellation of her ETA. Like many who know Eva, I was shocked by this decision and decided to submit the following Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Home Office asking for the reasons for the ban: Dear Home Office FOI Team, Under the Freedom of… ## [The salutary tale of a failed research grant proposal](https://www.normanfenton.com/post/the-salutary-tale-of-a-failed-research-grant-proposal) _2025-12-18 · Norman Fenton · Norman Fenton_ Or the ingrained commercial snobbery and sabotaging prejudice of structurally rigged UK academic funding In this instalment of my salutary tales exposing systemic failings of British academia (who was I kidding when I said if I had to pick one crystallising incident ), my experience of a grant proposal perfectly encapsulates the antipathy and disdain ivory tower academics have for commercial… ## [The Growing Danger of AI Generated Videos: My Encounter with a Deep Fake Victor Davis Hanson Interview](https://www.normanfenton.com/post/the-growing-danger-of-ai-generated-videos-my-encounter-with-a-deep-fake-victor-davis-hanson-intervi) _2025-11-28 · Norman Fenton · Norman Fenton_ I regularly watch the excellent conservative commentator Victor Davis Hanson (VDH) on YouTube . On 23 November, I clicked on what I assumed was his channel and watched what appeared to be his latest video https://youtu.be/Cj9MP\_3ZYBs?si=W3gK3AUdIdeLzCCS . It covered the case of Mark Kelly, the Democratic Senator from Arizona and retired military officer, who had recently been accused of sedition.… ## [Judge rules Tommy Robinson’s Terrorism charge “Unlawful and Politically Motivated”](https://www.normanfenton.com/post/judge-rules-tommy-robinson-s-terrorism-charge-unlawful-and-politically-motivated) _2025-11-05 · Norman Fenton · Norman Fenton_ My personal reflections Background Early on 28 July 2024, the day after he held an enormous rally in Trafalgar Square, Tommy Robinson (“also known as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon” as the mainstream media love to remind us) was arrested at Folkestone under the prevention of terrorism act while on his way to Spain. This arrest eventually led to a two-day trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 13 -14… ## [“We are the media now”: Mahyar Tousi’s New Media Conference, 9 August 2025](https://www.normanfenton.com/post/we-are-the-media-now-mahyar-tousi-s-new-media-conference-9-august-2025) _2025-08-14 · Norman Fenton · Norman Fenton_ Summary : The inaugural New Media Conference at the Emmanual Centre in Westminster, hosted by Mahyar Tousi, brought together influential... ## [A letter to Charlotte Gill](https://www.normanfenton.com/post/a-letter-to-charlotte-gill) _2025-08-12 · Norman Fenton · Norman Fenton_ Dear Charlotte As a British journalist and commentator known for exposing "government waste, academic capture, ideological absurdity in... ## [Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD): now being used to minimise the Shoah, write Jews out of the Holocaust, and equate Jews with Nazis](https://www.normanfenton.com/post/holocaust-memorial-day-hmd-now-being-used-to-minimise-the-shoah-write-jews-out-of-the-holocaust) _2025-01-28 · Norman Fenton · Norman Fenton_ Yesterday was "Holocaust Memorial Day" (HMD). I happened to attend a Jewish community event that was unconnected to HMD, but the... ## [OUR BOOK OUT NOW! Fighting Goliath by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil](https://www.normanfenton.com/post/our-book-out-now-fighting-goliath-by-norman-fenton-and-martin-neil) _2024-08-31 · Norman Fenton · Norman Fenton_ Exposing the flawed science and statistics behind the COVID-19 event Available now from Amazon in hardback, paperback and eBook (Kindle)... ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Gmz4PnE0uXTp) _2024-08-31 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Why AI 'misinformation' algorithms and research is mostly expensive garbage](https://www.normanfenton.com/post/why-the-ai-misinformation-algorithms-are-mostly-expensive-garbage) _2024-08-29 · Norman Fenton · Norman Fenton_ If ever there was a case of 'garbage in, garbage out' then this is it. And, ultimately it has all been driven by the objective of...