Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in the West of Africa and is bordered with six other countries which are Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d’ivoire (Ivory Coast). The country’s capital Ouagadougou is situated in the country’s central plateau. The country was previously part of the French Empire, then the French Union and […]
Author: Charlie
Me and My Interest in Politics
Ok so here I am going to be talking about my interest in politics, not what or who I support I am leaving that completely out of it but I am purely just going to be talking about how I came to be interested in politics and why I now and have for a long […]
The Paranormal Alphabet – W – The Wendigo
If there is one creature from the realms of the paranormal that makes me extremely wary and conscious of is the Wendigo, in-fact much of Native American folklore and legend, which is where the Wendigo comes from, I am quite wary of as to me it seems these people were very spiritually in-tune with their […]
The Mysteries of Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is found in Russia’s Siberia region and is the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world, it is so big that the combined North American Great Lakes are still shallower in comparison. Overall, the lake is the 7th largest in the world by surface area […]
The Government System of Bulgaria
Bulgaria is a country located in south-east Europe and is bordered with five other countries which are Turkey, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania, last week I talked about Vampires in the Paranormal Alphabet and Dracula mentioned in it is associated with Romania so check it out. Anyway, back to Bulgaria, the capital city of […]
I was diagnosed with Autism at about the age of 5, which is the average diagnosis age for the condition for many, although some do go undiagnosed through life which is a very unfortunate circumstance that can lead to problems down the road. My form of Autism is Asperger’s, although as of 2013 Asperger’s is […]
The Labour Candidates – Emily Thornberry
NOTE: Emily Thornberry is no longer in the race as she failed to reached the required number of CLP/Labour affiliate/trade union nominations required before the Feb 14th deadline for the April ballot. But she is still one to watch for in future leadership elections in the Labour Party as to why I am still posting […]
The Paranormal Alphabet – V – Vampires
V is a hard one to put something towards as it isn’t a letter too commonly used, but then I came across a type of vampire-like creature called the Vrykolakas and then I thought… wait a minute… instead of just doing a post on that one obscure creature, why not do a post on a […]
It can be kind of considered a “phenomenon” and it is certainly a strange one and I have touched on it briefly a couple times before and most recently in one of my Obscure Encounters posts. Basically, they are people… or things, some believe they could be androids or aliens, that can either interrogate people, […]
The Government System of Brunei
The tiny nation of Brunei, also called Brunei Darussalam is located in Asia and its territory is split into two separate pieces, with the main part having the capital of Bander Seri Begawan on the coast. The tiny nation is wedged into the island of Borneo which has Brunei bordered with Malaysia and also has […]