Category: CULTURE
Taste the World at Womad 2023
Taste the World is a space where musicians playing on the main stages at Womad are invited to come and have an informal chat as they cook a dish from their homeland interspersed with singing a few songs.
Gift or Burden | The French Refugee Food Festival
Every year, On June 20th, restaurants throughout France open their kitchens to migrant chefs, allowing customers to sample dishes from countries whose cuisine they may not normally taste.
L‘essor fulgurant de la Corée célébré à Londres
La culture sud-coréenne est passée d’une pâle imitation de ses voisins à une culture dominante à travers le monde.
Queerness from London to Seoul
In the current toxic and homophobic climate in many countries, the UK’s glorious Flare film festival makes a welcome return. Two films stand out.
SXSW 2023
This year’s SXSW festival was a welcome alternative portrait of the American south; possibly reminding us of the fact that there isn’t just one American south, but several…
Kurios
Cirque du Soleil wanted to create a circus which did not torture animals nor one where scary clowns would appear but one which engaged its audience from beginning to end with themed shows with magical effects.
KOREA RISES
The Korean Wave illustrates the cultural impact South Korean is having on all our lives. Given everything the country has been through, invasion, occupation, division and a military dictatorship, you cannot begrudge them their current cultural dominance.
Austin’s SXSW festival 2022
The festival which shows the gentler and more progressive side of Texas returns. SXSW, after a two-year hiatus, mounts its first in-person event and is bigger and better than ever before.