Culture
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Posted On CultureHow the Netflix film became a global sensation
KPop Demon Hunters follows the story of Huntr/x, an all-female K-pop group (Rumi, Mira and Zoey) who double as secret guardians of the world. Beyond…
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Posted On CultureFilm show: Your must-see summer movies
Get ready for your ultimate cinema fix! This week on arts24, Eve Jackson and film critic Emma Jones dive into the hottest summer movie releases…
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Posted On CultureThe Story Told on the Famous Bayeux Tapestry Explained from Start to Finish
They say that history is written by the victors, but that isn’t always true: sometimes it’s embroidered by the victors. Such was the case with…
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Posted On CultureExtraterrestrial concepts of life | Eurozine
Sometimes it is almost impossible to escape a feeling of wonder for the abundance of life in our world. Especially on a summer’s day –…
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Posted On CultureTake Me to Church: Max’s Somebody Somewhere
What no doubt resonates most with viewers is the show’s ability to capture this human longing for belonging. No doubt we’ve all read the post-mortems…
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Posted On CultureWhy the ‘Virgin Queen’ never married
So she kept everyone waiting and wondering. She seems to have had an instinctive grasp of what we now call PR, and liked to present herself…
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Posted On Culture'There must be a joke in this': British comedian Mark Steel on his cancer memoir
About a year after receiving the all clear from doctors, British comedian and broadcaster Mark Steel released his book “The Leopard in My House: One…
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Posted On CultureThe Entire History of English in 22 Minutes
When we speak English, we might say we’re speaking the language of Samuel Johnson, the man who wrote its first dictionary. Or we could say…
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Posted On CultureThe language that waited at the doorstep
Languages’ similarities are not rooted in a special genetics for language. They follow from culture and common information-processing solutions and have their own individual evolutionary…
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Posted On CultureA Better Version of Yourself? Self-Obsession in The Substance
Note: This article contains heavy spoilers for The Substance. A Blood-and-Neon Drenched Spectacle “Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? Younger? More…
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Posted On Culture‘They hold hands, they embrace, they kiss’: The woman who changed our view of chimps
In 1962, with Leakey’s encouragement, despite not possessing an undergraduate degree, she began a PhD based on her exceptionally detailed findings. The same year, the…
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Posted On CultureHow the Ancient Greeks Built Their Magnificent Temples: The Art of Ancient Engineering
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian: these, as practically everyone who went through school in the West somehow remembers, are the three varieties of classical column. We may…
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Posted On CultureUnifying protest | Eurozine
On 6 May 2024, a coalition of students from UvA, Vrije Universiteit (VU), and Amsterdam University College (AUC) established a Gaza solidarity encampment on the…
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Posted On CultureSix Principles for Making a Life of Christ: The Chosen and its Forerunner
ANDREW: Master, they are not taking this at all well. You will lose your following if you say such extraordinary things. THOMAS: I must say…
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Posted On CultureWatch Queen’s Brilliant Live Aid Performance: It Happened 40 Years Ago Today (July 13, 1985)
“The last people anyone expected to come out of that gig as being the memorable ones was Queen,” said Bob Geldof in an interview, looking…
