Cultureteca 31.01.16
Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers to Meet at Super Bowl 50 Last Sunday, the NFL Conference Championships determined the two teams who will meet on 7 February at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara,...
What’s Hot In Reykjavik: Dark Music Days
At the height of the Icelandic winter, when the skies still bear little light, the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavik plays host to Dark Music Days, an annual festival of contemporary and...
Cultureteca 24.01.16
Idris Elba Delivers Keynote Speech to UK Parliament on Diversity in the Media Amid the ongoing controversy over the nominations for the 88th Academy Awards – with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts...
Cultureteca 17.01.16
The 73rd Golden Globes: Awards and Red Carpet The 73rd Golden Globe Awards were held last Sunday evening, broadcast live from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, with Ricky Gervais hosting for a fourth...
Cultureteca 10.01.16
Sweden Imposes ID Checks Over ‘The Bridge’ On Monday Sweden implemented mandatory identity checks for travellers arriving by train, bus, or ferry from Denmark, in an attempt to reduce the number of migrants arriving...
Cultureteca 03.01.16
Investigatory Powers Bill Tells Technology Companies to Keep Quiet In early November the UK’s Home Secretary Theresa May presented to Parliament the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill. It effectively replaced, offering in a diminished...
Cultureteca 27.12.15
The How and Why of 25 December: The Early History of Christmas It took three hundred years following the death of Christ before Christians began celebrating his birth on 25 December. The fathers...
Seven of the Best: Christmas Films
From roaring fires and spruced-up firs to bloody feet and frostbitten fingertips, and from run-down shacks and corporate tower blocks to leased apartments or homely fixer-uppers, Culturedarm’s selection of seven of the...
What’s Hot in York: Dick Whittington (and His Meerkat)
The English pantomime developed out of the commedia dell’arte, a form of theatre that arose in Italy in the 16th century, and was characterised by comic improvisation based on sketches and masked types....