Cultureteca 28.06.20

Few parts of the world could keep a lid on coronavirus as cases continued to surge this week across the Americas, South Asia, and Africa while bubbling up in Europe and the...

Cultureteca 19.04.20

The new phase of life under coronavirus no longer sees rapid societal shifts and exponential spread, but rather stolid perseverance under creeping restrictions as deaths and rates of infection stabilise while exacting...

Cultureteca 05.04.20

In a new world defined and condemned by coronavirus, at the start of the week the global death tally surged beyond 36,000 with 750,000 cases and 150,000 recoveries worldwide, much of the...

Cultureteca 16.02.20

A relatively subdued edition of New York Fashion Week commenced last Thursday before being upstaged over the weekend by a star-studded Tom Ford show and the 92nd Academy Awards, both in Los...

Cultureteca 26.01.20

Despite air quality concerns as the country continues its struggle against devastating bushfires, and lingering doubts as to the response of tournament organisers after qualifying competitors complained of breathing difficulties, the Australian...

Cultureteca 24.11.19

When the Wallace Collection in London was bequeathed to the nation in 1897, one of the conditions of the bequest was that no work should ever leave the collection, but should remain...

Cultureteca 28.02.16

Russian Ice Swimmers Play Chess in a Near-Freezing Urals Lake In Lake Shartash near the city of Yekaterinburg – the administrative centre of the Urals region which straddles Europe and Asia –...