Peter Jukes

London

Founder and Executive Editor at Byline Times

Dramatist wrenched out of fiction 12 years ago by the fierce urgency of fact (& Murdoch crimes). Co founder @Byline_Media @BylineFest @BylineTimes - myself here

Articles

The Trojan Horse: Trump, Russia, Brexit

1 week ago | pdjukes.substack.com | Peter Jukes

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'Total Information Collapse' and the Tribunal of Truth

3 weeks ago | bylinetimes.com | Peter Jukes

Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on ‘what the papers don’t say’ – without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. Journalism is in a profound crisis. Legacy media and publishing have been starved of advertising income as billions have been siphoned off by tech giants like Alphabet and Facebook.
'Total Information Collapse' and the Tribunal of Truth

3 weeks ago | bylinesupplement.com | Peter Jukes

Journalism is in a profound crisis. Legacy media and publishing have been starved of advertising income as billions have been siphoned off by tech giants like Alphabet and Facebook. Meanwhile, those same digital monopolies have reneged on their commitments to news and truth, instead focusing on clickbait and attention harvesting as their business models. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support Byline Times’ work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Look at X.
Russian Interference: Some Good News for Once - Journalism Can Make a Difference

1 month ago | bylinetimes.com | Peter Jukes

Some good news for once, and a word of thanks for all of you who have supported Byline Times over the six years since our launch on 31 March 2019. By coincidence, the day after our sixth birth, the Government announced that it was putting Russia as the second country (after Iran) on its new Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS).
The Transatlantic Rift

2 months ago | bylinesupplement.com | Peter Jukes |Byline Supplement

Writing any kind of definitive editorial for Byline Times in the tumultuous first 50 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency is a hiding to nothing and a hostage to fortune.
Trump's Mob Rule: An Offer We Can Only Refuse

2 months ago | bylinetimes.com | Peter Jukes

This article was originally published in the April 2025 print edition of Byline TimesTo stay ahead of the curve, subscribe nowIn this snapshot from outside the Elysée Palace, taken two months before the fateful confrontation between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, the dynamics between the American, Ukrainian, and French Presidents were already clear.
Sergei Cristo versus the Secur-Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring

2 months ago | podcasts.apple.com | Carole Cadwalladr |Peter Jukes

On reading the Russia Report finally published by the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) in the Summer of 2020, Sergei realises the significance of his experience with the Russian diplomat and MI5 eight years previously. He writes to his old friend Dr Julian Lewis MP, who becomes the Chairman of the Committee. The advice comes back from Westminster, which sends Sergei round the circles of police and judicial authorities, which, in the end, yields nothing.
From Murdoch to Musk: Hacking the State

2 months ago | bylinetimes.com | Peter Jukes

This article was originally published in the March 2025 print edition of Byline TimesTo stay ahead of the curve, subscribe nowWe can blame Steve Jobs. The founder of Apple gave Rupert Murdoch an iPad around Christmas 2011, and Murdoch thought it was a game-changer. He installed one of its most popular apps. “Hello @twitter!” Murdoch wrote:“First tweet. Thanks to all my followers.
The Gulf of America

Feb 13, 2025 | bylinetimes.com | Peter Jukes

FOR MORE THAN 80 years the mainstay of Britain’s foreign policy has been to stick close to the world’s economic and military superpower – the United States, for right or wrong. The transatlantic alliance was the spine of NATO as it won the Cold War. It also led to grave errors such as our support for the exploits in Iraq and Afghanistan. For generations, the ‘special relationship’ has underpinned our nuclear deterrent, our intelligence services, and military bases across the world.
Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring: Follow the Money

Feb 11, 2025 | podfollow.com | Carole Cadwalladr |Peter Jukes

Carole, Peter and Sergei are closing on the core of the Russian Westminster plot as they untangle the secrets around the parliamentary Russia Report.