Culture
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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…
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Posted On CultureIs Europe going off the rails?
According to Eurostat, as of 2023, the European Union had more than 8,556 kilometers of dedicated high-speed rail lines. However, the overall size of the…
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Posted On CultureOut of Mayhem, Hope: Reflecting on Lady Gaga’s Mayhem
Lady Gaga and I have three things in common. We’re just over 5 feet tall, we have Italian heritage, and we’re no stranger to the…
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Posted On CultureStephen King’s Top 10 All-Time Favorite Books
Image by The USO, via Flickr Commons So you might think that if Stephen King – the guy who wrote such horror classics like Carrie…
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Posted On CultureThe Arab apocalypse | Eurozine
Historians are generally wary of commemorations – fireworks that dazzle the eye only to fade in the same instant. But they are also aware that…
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Posted On CultureWho Will Stumble Because of Michael Tait’s Fall?
As much as it purports to be a “positive and encouraging” alternative to the secular world, the world of Contemporary Christian Music is far from…
