DOOM, to many it's timeless and to imagine a world without DOOM is to imagine a world without first person shooters. It is one of the most beloved series in the history of video games and the studio that created it id Software is one of the most prolific.There is an aura of mythos which surrounds id Software, creators of a genre and the masters of DOOM. The history of it's founding fathers has
Even after the climate summit in Paris, there will be long and difficult negotiations about how to deal with the ever more pressing problems of climate change. A growing group of people has lost confidence in the political system coming up with sufficient measures in time.They target the financial sector and organise campaigns to urge pension funds, churches, universities and governments to wi
Located beside Ethiopia and Sudan, Eritrea is one of the most censored countries in the world, so much so that it is frequently compared to North Korea. Eritrea won it's independence back in 1991 after a bitter conflict with Ethiopia, the war itself lasted almost 30 years.Since the end of the war Isaias Afwerki has been the one and only president of Eritrea, he enforces a str
In recent years the Congo has seen rise to a unique movement known as "La Sape" which stands for "The Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People", the movement itself see's fashion-conscious men splashing out on designer clothes rather than the spending it on essentials. As a result these men truly do stand out from the crowd becoming local celebrities, but this taste of fame comes at a price.
Over 70 years ago the nuclear bomb altered our reality forever and in this film The Bomb we see it's transformation from the theoretical, to the physical when it was first used August 6, 1945, it was on this day the public learned of a new type of weapon, a destroyer of worlds.We witness the nuclear bomb's humble beginnings from when in 1938 two German chemists accidenta
In this three part documentary series we see Scottish actor David Hayman set off on a journey to better understand the state in which the Scotch whiskey industry is currently in and how it's world dominance is becoming threatened.In the first episode we see Hayman meet up with coopers and coppersmiths whilst also enrolling in a distilling course in Campbeltown. He is schooled in the alchemy
In the last days of November 1950, twelve thousand men of the 1st Marine Division along with a few thousand army soldiers found themselves trapped high in the mountains of North Korea near a reservoir called Chosin.Their leaders had been caught off guard by the sudden entrance of the People's Republic of China into the five month old Korean War. The Americans were surrounded, outnumbered and at
In this film we see television presenter Dan Snow travel to a remote corner of Southern Poland, near Walbrzych, in an effort to unravel one of the last great mysteries of the Second World War. It is a tale which seems to have attracted the worlds media and it has captured the imagination of many who live there even members of the Polish government.Snow is hunting for a secret tunnel that local l
The BBC and physicist Brian Cox have teamed up once again in order to bring us Forces of Nature, a four part television documentary series which beautifully combines some of the most amazing sights on Earth with calm and methodical narration by the man himself Professor Cox, all to uncover the underlying forces of nature.Episode 1: The Universe in a SnowflakeThe opening epi