When you think of Dracula, there are a few things that probably come to mind. A man with a hypnotic gaze. Slicked back black hair. A thick European accent that seems to beckon one towards them. What you are thinking of is the performance of the late, great Béla Lugosi, the quintessential face of Dracula…
If you ask someone what the most brutal regime in recent history was, while telling them that saying Nazis is cheating because it’s too obvious, there’s a decent chance they’ll invoke the Khmer Rouge. In a little over four short years of rule, Cambodia’s life expectancy from age five decreased to a scant 14.4 years…
A global pandemic, mass unrest in the USA, and the growing tension between China and the West. It’s official, 2020 is fucked. We’re practically living in the 21st-century version of 1914, the world is changing fast and certainly not for the better. In footage released from the riots in Minneapolis, we even saw one guy…
As Mark Twain said, “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t,” and this is one of those instances. As long as there have been politicians and political parties, there have always been myriad fringe and frivolous politicians and parties ranging with goals ranging from…
In the current social-political climate of the West, there have been frequent calls for more females in government and positions of power. While not a bad idea at all in terms of equality, one idea espoused by many of these advocates is that men have had their time as the dominant species, and during that…
If you’ve seen “The Last King of Scotland,” have read a book, or at worst just spend a lot of time on Wikipedia then you would have heard of Idi Amin. Idi Amin was a bat-shit crazy dictator that ruled Uganda with such an iron fist that so many bodies were thrown into the rivers…
Unless you have been stuck under a rock for the last two months, you will no doubt have noticed the latest and dare we say the greatest meme since the fat kid singing “maaayyya heeeeeeeeee” many years ago. But, what is the story of the coffin dance and those crazy Ghanaian pallbearers? At Weird World…
Generally speaking, most people would agree that the ongoing coronavirus has been “a bit shit,” what with the collapse of the economy, global pandemic, social distancing and stuff. But we have to take joy where we can, and Angkor Wat is not only empty but completely devoid of hippies. Angkor Wat is the biggest religious…