“MYSTERY OF THE DESERT” one proclaims, and suddenly you’re interested despite yourself. The billboards are perfectly spaced, appearing just often enough to keep the mystery fresh without becoming ...

Exploring why David Bowie, like his hero Jack Kerouac before him, hated Los Angeles and succumbed to a cocaine hell in California in the 1970s.

“It was stressful to make. It’s about the manosphere, if you know the term,” Theroux said. “It’s this culture of misogynistic and toxic influences, men who believe in male supremacy – Andrew Tate’s ...

Explore the wit and cultural impact of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the sci-fi comedy that changed ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking ...

Some people vacation in Key West for the beaches and margaritas, but you’re about to discover why the real thrill-seekers head straight to a Civil War fort with a seriously creepy reputation. Fort ...

In one of the most memorable scenes in the new HBO series “Rooster,” Steve Carell’s character, Greg, climbs up the side of a building at the fictitious Ludlow College to steal a weathervane, a campus ...

Some of the most unusual items found in lost and unclaimed luggage last year included a robot, a bionic knee, a meteorite and ...

Warmer waters in the Pacific Ocean may have brought devastating floods to the cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, ...

At the dawn of the 1990s, Underworld were a spent force - little did they realise they were about to create one of the decade ...

After 15 years bringing the iconic character Riff Raff to audiences across the world Kristian Lavercombe says he experienced ...

A SLIGHTLY obscure one, but the first thing that changed my life was the Hula Hoop free record voucher. In 1984, Hula Hoops did a promotion where you collected, I believe it was seven, that might be ...