The surprising role cheese played in human evolution
A solid white mass found in a broken jar in an Ancient Egyptian tomb has turned out to be the world’s oldest example of…
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The surprising academic origins of memes
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Instagram is making you a worse tourist
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Trillions of cigarette butts are littered each year and it’s damaging environment
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Ancient Tattooing in Polynesia: World’s oldest toolkit found in Tonga
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Brutalism in Tangier, Morocco’s most artistic city
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Tea and Heroin with a Tribal Chief in Al Qaeda Territory
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Collage art and activism in Chile: Instagram posts building on the legacy of Latin American ‘mail art’
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Book clubs and the Blitz: how WWII Britons kept calm and got reading
These are unprecedented times – but, even so, comparisons are being made to the second world war in terms of the magnitude of the…
Why do national anthems cause so much trouble?
Canadian MPs have voted in favour of making their country’s national anthem, O Canada, gender neutral, replacing the words “in all thy sons command”…
How black slaves were routinely sold as ‘specimens’ to ambitious white doctors
The history of human experimentation is as old as the practice of medicine and in the modern era has always targeted disadvantaged, marginalised, institutionalised,…
The World’s Most Delicious Heritage: An Interview with Grandmas Project founder Jonas Pariente
What do you remember your grandmother cooking, Knedle, Lait du poule Mechi, or Molokheya? These are just some of the recipes included in the…
The Museum Of Broken Relationships
The Museum of Broken Relationships: there is always someone who is left behind. Heartbreak. We’ve all been there; one minute you’re deliriously happy with…
Death of the Hipster: are we living in a post-ironic world?
In a world that is perpetually obsessed with labels, I found myself thinking about the concept of the ‘hipster’ and what had happened to…
Dougie Wallace interview: Road Wallah – a requiem to Mumbai’s cab drivers in photos
Words by Alex Durham The evolution of India’s modernising metropolis is bittersweet. As an environmentally conscious model city emerges, Mumbai’s iconic Padmini taxis are…
We Out Here: Thriving at a Music Festival in Your Thirties
As a seasoned festival-goer and music journalist, I’ve wandered through countless fields, endured endless queues, and witnessed the evolution of the British festival scene….
Far-right extremists keep co-opting Norse symbolism – here’s why
Payton Gendron, the suspect in the killing of ten people in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, is the latest far-right extremist to…
How to assess political stability? Follow the bread path
When Egyptians were protesting in 2011, they held up a piece of bread and demanded “bread, freedom and social justice”. Since the 2007-8 and…
Surviving climate change means transforming both economics and design
What could be more important than sustaining habitable living conditions on Earth? Climate change, biodiversity loss and other environmental problems demand changes on an…
From Palestine to Zambia: WOMAD’s Celebration of Global Sounds
WOMAD, now in its 42nd year, continues to be a unique celebration of global music, blending culture, politics, and art into a weekend of…
Boycotts, rallies and Free Mandela: UK anti-apartheid movement created a blueprint for activists today
A star-studded line-up including Sting, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder and Miriam Makeba performed at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium in…
The Silent Treatment: Breaking cultural barriers through sign language
One of the benefits of learning a second (or third . . .) language is to be able to travel the world more effectively….
Gurus, gas attacks and pubic hair: the strange history of Japan’s new religions
This summer, Japan finally executed six long-imprisoned former members of the now-banned radical religious group Aum Shinrikyo. All of them had taken part in…
We Out Here Festival Returns for 2024
We Out Here Festival, the brainchild of renowned curator Gilles Peterson, is set to return for its fifth edition from August 15th to 18th,…
WOMAD 2024: A Global Celebration of Music, Arts, and Dance
Amidst the height of the British summer festival season, one event stands out for its unparalleled celebration of global culture. WOMAD returns to the…
The environmental cost of abandoning your tent at a music festival
After years of depressing images of huge fields strewn with abandoned tents and rubbish in the aftermath of music festivals, it was heartening to…
How to make hummus. Really good hummus
Many of us fail to make hummus, which passes as edible, never mind enjoyable – and in my household, we have struggled with numerous awful,…