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The suicide of Jason Arday

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Jason Arday: Life & Death | Suicide | NB: The following is written under the assumption that Jason Arday committed suicide on 14 August 2026 and pending the outcome of a coroner inquest. Jason Arday 1985 - 2026 Contents Introduction Precursors Roehampton 2018  References ----------------- Abstract : Jason Arday committed suicide on 14 August 2026 after a ten month period of suicidal ideation arising out of the shame associated with the public revelation of his academic plagiarism and fantasist fraud dating back to his childhood. Evidence points to Narcissistic Personality Disorder as key to an understanding of, and explanation for, many of these behaviours. Arday's suicide was an aggressive action taken as a consequence of that mental condition, to avert responsibility and enable the scapegoating of others, including Cambridge University, and whistleblowers Professor David Harris, journalist Jack Gordon and academic Nathan Cofnas. --------------...

The Bunyip

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Faërie in OZ: Aboriginal Dreaming Stories | Black Panther | Bunyip | Cook's Australian Fairy Tales | Ida Rentoul Outhwaite bibliography | Faërie in Australia | Peck's Australian Legends | Picnic at Hanging Rock - Faërie Realm | Picnic - Path of Light | Picnic - C3 & C18 | Disappearance @ Hanging Rock | Trees & nature spirits | Contents True? Chronology Videos References ----------------- 1. True or false? Bunyip / Bunjil / Yowee / Walanthagang.... Australian Aboriginal words for mythical and spiritual entities which are very real in life and story telling of that distinctive culture. The Bunyip, for example, is the mythical creature that lives in a body of water - swamp, billabong, creek, river, wetland - and can attack people. It is a being of horror and nightmares. But the question remains: Is the Bunyip real or not? The answer depends on how one defines the word real . Science would say that it mus...