Reading Time: 3 minutes Western society has succeeded where other civilizations failed by being generous and inclusive, taking everyone on the road to progress – but we can’t stop now
Tag: Culture
History has a habit of repeating itself
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s impossible to tour Spain or Mexico without appreciating that spiritual and cultural suppression is a denial of human reality
Smudging ceremony crosses line into realm of the sacred
Reading Time: 3 minutes When a school begins to talk about cleansing spirits, it’s moving away from something that’s strictly cultural into the realm of the sacred
Deeply steeped in the Andalusia’s historic charms
Reading Time: 4 minutes Travelling through Andalusia is an exercise in similarities and differences
Patti Smith tracks rock heroes’ slide into ‘careerism’
Reading Time: 4 minutes Too many of today’s music stars have strayed into careerism and away from the revolutionary values that many of them began with
Rhodes support for the arts a blueprint for municipalities
Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite the severe economic recession that has gripped Greece for several years, this city’s cultural and artistic vibrancy has not waned
Fifty years ago, London was The Swinging City
Reading Time: 3 minutes From pop music to miniskirts to Academy Award-winning films, a cultural revolution was brewing in England – for a while
There’s a reason western philosophy is dominant
Reading Time: 4 minutes Whatever you may say about the other great civilizations, they did not champion the idea of individual liberty
Germany’s experience with refugees won’t be repeated here
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian officials are working rapidly but diligently to ensure that all Syrian refugees approved to enter our country are properly vetted
Frank Sinatra at 100
Reading Time: 3 minutes To say that Sinatra liked wine, women and song would be putting far too romantic a spin on it