A Michael Broad Blog
The recently released film Black Panther, which is doing so well in earning $400 million in 10 days, but being the exact opposite of the sort of film that I like, has dramatically increased the popularity of black cats. I hope that this is brilliantly good news because, as all of us know, black …
I would have thought that almost anybody could tell you why black cats are unpopular. The colour is too dull, too plain. It is not exciting enough. It is not interesting enough. The color is out of step with modern life. Women like brighter colors and women are the leading cat adopters. Then there …
It could be argued that 1233 is the year when people in general became suspicious about black cats. You can blame a gentleman whose name is Konrad von Marburg. The 13th century was a time of huge superstition. Heretics were demonised by the church. There was the Inquisition. Heretics were those people who held …
Many people probably realise that Halloween is the busiest time of the year for the pet poison hotline. Amongst all the different types of domestic cats that are outside during Halloween the black cat is the most vulnerable. In general we know that as well because people are still superstitious and they still associate …
Is it true that Indian families rarely have domestic cats? The question was asked by a man living in Canada who travels a lot to India. His question was based upon his observations. I asked a similar question several years ago about black people so there may be a cross reference between black people …
It seems that a couple of spinster sisters who lived in the hamlet of Saveock, Truro, Cornwall in the south-west of England were practising witches. They lived near a site described as a Neolithic platform where there are 40 grisly witch pits. The history of these pits goes back 350 years. The sisters died …
This is Spain. A black cat invades the Barcelona football pitch in their opening match of the season and Barcelona win. This has been described as the Nou Camp Black Cat. The Nou Camp is a football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the home of the Barcelona football club. Barcelona are one …
Most of us know that the black cat was associated with witchcraft (Africa is bad on black cat superstition). It is quite possible that some people today still believe the same thing. Superstition is still rife. The black cat is considered unlucky by some people but there are an almost endless number of superstitions …
