Countries where white women can travel safely
I remember a female friend travelling around India a few years ago, she told me about men following her, staring at her and even pleasuring themselves standing some →
Culture
Why call critics populists, Islamophobes, homophobes or racists?
The climate of political debate in the Western world has long been paralysed by the lack of real arguments and objective reasoning. Instead, people sit around and call →
For king and country
When describing the kingdoms of the past and how they functioned, it is often said that the people were deceived. They were led to believe that the king →
10 great films that influenced our society and culture.
10 films (+3 bonus) from different decades that have had a significant cultural impact, with brief comments. The Wizard of Oz (1939) There is no magic. The Wizard →
They are all Russian bastards
Western Europeans have long harboured a kind of suspicion and sometimes disgust for everything east of Berlin. The endless steppes and the land of the mad horse people, →
Students leave Jerry Seinfeld’s speech in protest
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld recently gave a speech at Duke University in the US, and some members of the audience walked out in protest at his Jewishness and support →
Popular music festival becomes increasingly obscure
From its origins as a general music festival, Eurovision has become more niched towards a specific cultural sub-genre. In the 1950s, there were ideas of promoting European unity →
The despicable family life
I’m not particularly conservative, but objectively speaking – raising children, taking care of a home, and pursuing one’s interests in one’s spare time – is not a bad →
When empires tremble, the ripples spread across the globe
Do you feel that we live in a madhouse, that normality is constantly challenged and mocked? That you’d rather jump in the water and leave this crazy ship? →
