Welcome back to our weekly round-up of the long reads on the web that are worth the investment. If you want to make sure you don’t miss future Global Comment content, don’t forget to sign up to...
A rich rebel from a wealthy family breaks down all governing norms. He shocks his competition by doing everything you’re not “supposed” to do, all while wielding a new medium they don’t fully...
Well my fellow backsliders, the time is now to dropkick into the wrasslin’ scene now that we’re post Wrestlemania season – wait, did you say it’s May? We’ve been post-’Mania for almost a...
If you've seen a few more mentions of banned piledrivers, extravagant entrances, and people going through Spanish tables during Spring Break on your social media feeds lately, you might be aware that...
Before the witching hour strikes on this Halloween, we need to have a talk about lucha libre. Why? Because, well, it's Halloween. Lucha libre's most famed and recognizable attribute is masked...
xIn January I had the pleasure of attending the truly unique DocPoint Helsinki as this year’s Critic’s Choice critic. (And I mean truly unique. How many documentary film festivals feature a sauna...
Marcus Aurelius, the last of the Five Good Emperors, commented that “the art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.” What is more tragic than the forlorn shadow of a fallen athlete...