The Pirate Empire

When people ask me, “Why pirates?” I almost always reply "Johnny Depp". He was, after all, the star who sent me into my grown-up ...

Christmas is nearly upon us; it’s time for eggnog, presents and… Pirates? Well, yes. As a matter of fact, Santa dressed as a pira...

Roaring Dan’s Rum was named after the captain of the Wanderer, a rough, tough sailor, who made his fame by wrecking ships and stealing thei...

Once in a while when I read pirate fiction, the pirates will be playing poker. This drives me absolutely mad, since the card game poker was...

It seems like whenever someone wants to create a pirate costume or drawing of a pirate, the first thing they do (well, maybe after the trico...

And now we come to the most obvious Pirate Movie Costumes. Pirates of the Caribbean is the movie that changed it all. Movies like Cutth...

Against All Flags wasn’t the only movie to steal sailing-ship scenes from Black Swan . Film clips from the 1942 movie were still being recy...