Conspiracy Theories
Why living 15 minutes from everything is actually good
Where goes the neighbourhood? — The 15-minute city is an urban planning model that has recently found itself at the centre of a bizarre conspiracy about freedom of movement, but millions are already living in them. Is it hell on earth as some fear, or is it, in fact, lovely?
Written by: Diyora Shadijanova
Conspiracies are depoliticising Turkey's earthquake crisis
Disaster politics — As public anger over Erdoğan's response to the disaster grows, the focus on government culpability is being splintered by the promotion of conspiracy theories online and through state-owned media.
Written by: John Lubbock
Inside the anti-vax campaign targeting schools
Classroom battle — New research from Logically shedding light on efforts to promote vaccine hesitancy among schoolchildren and parents has exposed the disturbing lengths certain groups are willing to go to.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Flat Earth: inside the world’s biggest conspiracy theory
Behind the Curve — In new documentary Behind The Curve, filmmaker Daniel J Clark gets to know the people who believe the earth is flat. ‘There are continents outside of our Antarctica that are full of the elites and the rich and the powerful, and the government wants to keep that a secret.’
Written by: Ralph Jones
Inside the greatest UFO archive in history
Do you believe? — As part of Conspiracy Week at the Photographer’s Gallery, Gordon MacDonald’s latest exhibition takes a look through the archives of Wendelle C Stevens, the pioneering alien researcher who made us question whether we’re really alone in the universe.
Written by: Paden Vaughan
Making sense of conspiracies in a climate of fear
The 'false flag' phenomenon — In the search for reason in an age of terror, some believe that governments plot hoax tragedies to control us through fear. But is this just a way of imposing order on chaos, or do conspiracy theorists represent the enlightened few?
Written by: Cian Traynor