Arts, Culture & Media

A bumpy ride down East Germany’s memory lane

November 14, 2024Uncategorized

With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, East German culture disappeared practically overnight, cast aside for the newly accessible West. But today, amid dissatisfaction with the progress of German reunification, some former East Germans are taking a new look back at the past.

‘Bad Kreyòl’ premieres in New York

November 12, 2024Arts, Culture & Media

New York’s Met Opera debuts ‘Ainadamar’ about Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca and his muse

November 5, 2024Arts, Culture & Media

Nobuko Oshiro: Okinawa’s only female karate grandmaster

November 4, 2024Japan in Focus

Out of Eden Walk: Walking Gangnam Style

November 1, 2024Out of Eden Walk

In the UK, a man’s shed is his castle. For some, it’s also a lifeline.

November 1, 2024Lifestyle

Sheds, or wooden buildings at the bottom of a garden, are important to British culture, or at least to many men of a certain age in the country. But now, sheds are playing a far greater role in the UK — bringing older men together to help soothe loneliness.

‘Love you, then, well’: London’s National COVID Memorial Wall pays tribute to the country’s 240K lives lost to COVID-19

October 28, 2024Sacred Spaces

Recently, in London, a stretch of wall along the River Thames has become a place of pilgrimage for many people.

Long-lost story by ‘Dracula’ author Bram Stoker rediscovered by fan

October 25, 2024Books

On Friday, the Bram Stoker Festival kicks off in Dublin to celebrate the Irish author’s literary and cultural impact — and this year, it highlights a long-lost horror story by the writer who brought the world “Dracula.”

Using literature to help children cope with war and trauma

October 22, 2024Ukraine

Since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian writers have filled the shelves of local bookstores with stories to help young kids understand and process the war around them.

This 100-year-old synagogue tells a unique story about Jews in Finland

October 18, 2024Sacred Spaces

The Turku Synagogue in Turku, Finland, was built before Jews even had the right to citizenship in Finland.