Deadpool 2 opens internationally this week with much anticipation and hype. In fact, the very thing that catapulted the first installment to box office glory is now it’s Achilles heel – audience expectations. Moviegoers were shocked and thrilled while being offended and delighted in equal parts...
In the late 1980s a Southern US university conducted a fascinating psychology study where they organised undergrad students in a number of identical rooms over a six-week period. In each of the rooms 8 students were sat along a row of desks in a ‘U’...
From London to Lima, Bogota to Brussels, Uber has taken the world by storm. It has infuriated taxi operators all over the world with the same intensity that it has won the hearts of its millions of users – it’s ease is it’s charm. A...
McDonalds restaurants are in 118 countries and serve nearly 70 million people each year. They have been flipping burgers since 1940 and the success of their brand continues to survive and flourish despite changing eating habits and the pesky focus on consuming healthier foods. Twenty years...
Vision is everything. On a sunny August day in 1966 a man walked into the nerdiest place on Earth: The National Aeronautical Space Administration. Who he is, is not important but what happened in a chance conversation as he was asking for directions is profound –...
TV has a history of questionable characters that have captured our hearts. In fact, you don’t have to be a particularly nice human being to be loved on the small screen. Walter White, the mild-mannered science teacher turned lung cancer fueled, bad ass, drug dealer...
How can you tell if someone is vegan? Don’t worry… they’ll tell you! We joke, but every year in the US, the equivalent weight of 8½ aircraft carriers of bacon is consumed – except by vegans. These people are evangelists on a pork free pursuit, they’re...
Tom Petty sang about it but never did it. John Travolta did though, as did Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Harrison Ford and Angelina Jolie. Getting your private pilot’s license is an amazing thrill and an absolute joy. The average student spends about 40 hours in classrooms on...
Daenerys Targaryen started with nothing and now has a real chance to rule the Seven Kingdoms as the Mother of Dragons. To say she had a rough start is an understatement. Her Mother died giving birth, her Dad was kicked off the Iron Throne by a...