Culture
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Posted On CultureYour Friends & Neighbors: A Case Study in Disillusionment
One of the common metaphors associated with life in the modern West is the ladder. For those just beginning their career on the bottom rung,…
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Posted On CultureNine of the best TV shows to watch this July
Ana Blumenkron/ Netflix (Credit: Ana Blumenkron/ Netflix) From Lena Dunham’s new Netflix rom-com, set in London, to the return of Michael C Hall’s murderous Dexter…
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Posted On CultureMusic show: Laura Prince retraces her African roots on 'Adjoko'
In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Franco-Togolese singer Laura Prince. She’s just released her second album “Adjoko”, a…
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Posted On CultureHow Art Conservators Restore Old Paintings & Revive Their Original Colors
We tend to imagÂine old paintÂings as havÂing a mutÂed, yelÂlow-brown cast, and not withÂout reaÂson. Many of the examÂples we’ve seen in life realÂly…
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Posted On CultureComplexity | Eurozine
In Wespennest, complexity scientist Stefan Thurner speaks to editor Andrea Zederbauer and literary scholar Thomas Eder about our evolving understanding of complex systems. A complex…
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Posted On CultureLet’s Talk About The Da Vinci Code Movies (and How God Uses Us Despite Ourselves)
Potboiler films like director Ron Howard’s trilogy, The Da Vinci Code (2006), Angels and Demons (2009), and Inferno (2016), invite us to accept outlandish fictions…
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Posted On CultureThe Scandi homeware style that Swedish people love
Courtesy of Svenskt Tenn archive Scandinavian interior style is not all about pared-back, minimalist living and functional, identikit furniture. Here’s why the century-old Svenskt Tenn…
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Posted On CultureFilm show: Tom Hiddleston brings a gentle touch to 'The Life of Chuck'
After adapting three of Stephen King’s horror stories, director Mike Flanagan opted for the author’s sweet and life-affirming novella “The Life of Chuck” for his…
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Posted On CultureElementary School Kids Sing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” & Other Rock Hits: A Cult Classic Recorded in 1976
In 1976 and 1977 an inspired music teacher in the small school disÂtrict of LanÂgÂley TownÂship, British ColumÂbia, a subÂurb of VanÂcouÂver, recordÂed his eleÂmenÂtary…
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Posted On CultureBanning pride, erasing people | Eurozine
On 18 March 2025, Hungary’s ongoing legislative assault on LGBTQ+ people escalated with a law that strikes at the heart of basic human rights and…
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Posted On CultureThe Impossible Man: Ethan Hunt in the Age of AI
Note: This article contains spoilers for the Mission: Impossible films, including the newest release, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. It began on television in…
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Posted On CultureHow ‘gay cowboy movie’ Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US
Alamy Twenty years ago, Ang Lee’s drama about the love between two male sheep herders was finally released after a long struggle to get it…
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Posted On CultureForged in Metal: Inside Hellfest 2025’s epic lineup
It’s France’s biggest music festival, drawing up to 300,000 people to the little town of Clisson every year. We check in with music critic Marjorie…
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Posted On CultureWhen the Dutch Tried to Live in Concrete Spheres: An Introduction to the Bolwoningen in the Netherlands
In the decades after the SecÂond World War, many counÂtries faced the chalÂlenge of rebuildÂing their housÂing and infraÂstrucÂture while also havÂing to accomÂmoÂdate a…
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Posted On CultureNo longer a victim | Eurozine
Bundesheer poster, Vienna, 30 November 2024. Image by Sarah Waring The poster needed a double take: three action-ready figures dressed in fatigues could have easily…
