This month we won’t have just a regular full moon – it will be a super flower blood moon and a total lunar eclipse! But what exactly does this fancy name mean? Let’s explore these terms one by one. The term ‘blood moon’ is used to describe lunar eclipses when…
You only have to scroll through your TV schedule to see our fascination with zombies. Whether it is a TV series like the Walking Dead or films such as 28 Days Later and World War Z, zombies fill our screens. Our attraction to this gruesome subject is at a safe…
This April will bring us a special celestial event – the ‘Pink Supermoon’. It will be the first of the two supermoons of 2021. This term is used to describe the astronomical phenomenon when the distance between the moon and Earth is at its slightest. When the full supermoon takes…
When we think of Santa Claus history, we imagine a rather rotund, merry, and jolly old figure. We can picture him in his red and white suit, his twinkling eyes peering over a pair of half spectacles. There’s nothing dark about this benevolent and familiar Christmas character, or is there? …
Many classic Disney movies will be familiar to us all. They will have been a large part of many people’s childhood. It is glaringly obvious to see that classic Disney movies have held an important and enduring place within popular culture for most of the last century. These films have…
People often say that solo travel is something that everyone should do at least once in their life. This is absolutely true. There is a unique and liberating feeling that comes with traversing the globe on your own. Solo travel can have many personal and long-lasting benefits as well as…
In this post, we will look at 7 great online events every culture lover can attend from their home. With these online events, we can all expand our minds at home, no matter what’s keeping us there. The coronavirus has ravaged many of our spaces of cultural exploration like nothing we’ve ever seen before.…
Tricking people has become a normal pastime on the first of April. However, the history of April Fools’ Day is more interesting than that. For as long as I can remember, my friends and family have been playing tricks and lying to me on the first of April. Some of these…
We speak, sometimes without even paying close attention to the words we say. Our words are sometimes babbling, and not really any form of instruction or description at all. After viewing a TED talk about language, I started to look differently at the way I formed my words. Lera Boroditsky…
The holiday of Thanksgiving may seem straightforward with turkey and stuffing but has an uglier side that many are unaware of... The origin of Thanksgiving is more complicated than just the story of the pilgrims and Native Americans celebrating at Plymouth rock. It gets a bit darker, and peace ultimately…
