A Brief History of the Modern Man’s Hat
In the final decade of the eighteenth century, stirred by the ideals of the French Revolution, the top hat replaced the tricorne as the vogue item of headwear for fashionable Europeans. Already...
George RR Martin and the Art of the List
On 10 May 2016, George RR Martin published an excerpt in the form of a chapter from The Winds of Winter, the sixth novel in his epic fantasy series A Song of...
FIFA 16 Gameplay Customisation Sliders
After playing both demos and wavering for the first time in years – impressed by the fluidity of Pro Evolution Soccer’s attacking play, by the ability to press as a team and...
Cultureteca 06.03.16
Home Office Publishes Revised Investigatory Powers Bill On Tuesday the Home Office in the United Kingdom published a revised Investigatory Powers Bill, meant to address some of the criticisms and recommendations made...
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 –...
Cultureteca 21.02.16
Kendrick Lamar Heads 58th Annual Grammy Awards Owing to Presidents Day and the long weekend, the 58th Annual Grammy Awards were held on Monday night from the Staples Center in Los Angeles...
Cultureteca 14.02.16
First Phase of World’s Largest Solar Power Station Opens in Morocco Within the last week Noor 1, the first phase of the Ouarzazate Solar Power Station, was switched on by King Mohammed...
Cultureteca 07.02.16
Myanmar’s New Parliament Holds Opening Session Following the Myanmar general election which took place last November – the first open general election held in the country since an annulled vote of 1990 – on...
Cultureteca 13.03.16
A new week for Cultureteca brings a drugs ban for Maria Sharapova, International Women’s Day 2017, minimal music courtesy of a La Monte Young reissue, news on the Myanmar presidency, the latest...