The fantastic cosplay of FanCon 2019
Here’s a gallery of awesomeness, for you to click through as cosplayers from all across the skill spectrum strutted their stuff and did the local scene proud.
London based start-up may have solved the problem of litter at races with edible sachets
A London-based start-up has come up with an ingenious solution to the litter problem prevalent in so many races, which they trialed at this past Sunday's London Marathon.
Arundel Castle: A Call to Arms, Knights and Crusaders
Winter is coming! Okay, that’s a lie, it’s spring in England and the weather was perfect this Easter. So perfect that I ventured out to explore one of the most famous castle grounds in the country – Arundel Castle. Situated on a hill in West Sussex, Arundel Castle goes back all the way to 1067 and commands your attention when …
South Africa’s 2019 and 2020 World Cosplay Summit representatives are…
This past Easter weekend at ICON, the cream of the crop of South African cosplay competed for the honour of representing the country at the prestigious World Cosplay Summit. Here are the teams who will be waving the Rainbow Nation flag in Japan during 2019 and 2020. Otsukaresama desu!
Surprise! ICON Comic and Games Convention is days away
In 2019, ICON Comic and Games Convention, South Africa’s longest-running geeky lifestyle con jumps forward to Easter weekend. That’s, like, mere days away. Here’s what you can find at this year’s event.
Government to regulate Airbnb with new regulations that are aimed at levelling the playing field
It’s absolutely amazing, how when one new idea takes root and provides a disruption to the status quo, the old guard rushes to squash it as quickly as possible. Take AirBnB for instance. What you’ve got, is the Uber of hotel rooms. People are free to create their own guest lodge, prospective tenants can save cash when they rent a residential room for the night and everyone is happy. Unless you’re a hotel chain of course.
Friday Flamebait Debate: What popular foods just aren’t worth eating?
Because I’m a grumpy old bastard, there are few things in life that give me great pleasure. If there’s one thing that never fails to engage my senses, it’s food. All sorts of food. I love high end cuisine, cheap street food and everything in between. I love trying new things in the hope of finding a previously undiscovered culinary delight. Food isn’t just sustenance, it’s one of the things that makes life worth living.
OppiKoppi is giving 2019 a skip
OppiKoppi, one of South Africa’s longest-running, most prolific and dustiest music festivals is giving 2019 a skip. Organiser Matchbox LIVE’s CEO Theresho Selesho confirmed that the festival will be cancelled for this year, postponing the 25th edition of the thing to 2020 instead.
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