Category Archives: Culture

Who’s outside our house at this early hour?

Posted on January 18, 2025 by agogo22
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Moments in time that this tree has lived through

Posted on January 18, 2025 by agogo22
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Mangueira (@mangueira_oficial) | À Flor da Terra – No Rio da Negritude Entre Dores e Paixões {À Flor da Terra – In the River of Negritude Between Pain and Passion}

Posted on January 3, 2025 by agogo22
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In Switzerland, it’s a tradition to light candles on the Christmas tree

Posted on December 28, 2024 by agogo22
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Why Is Magdalene College Pronounced “Maudlin”?

Posted on December 17, 2024 by agogo22
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The Origin of Old Sayings

Posted on November 24, 2024 by agogo22
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District (@district.magazine) | Imagine walking into a random pub in Tokyo and you get ambushed by a Japanese Céilí.

Posted on November 19, 2024 by agogo22
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Photos of children who didn’t pass the “one drop” rule and were slaves, eventually emancipated in New Orleans, from Harper’s Weekly, 30 of January of 1864.

Posted on November 13, 2024 by agogo22
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Where does the term hat-trick come from?

Posted on November 12, 2024 by agogo22
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BBC Radio 4 – Soul Music, Benedictus

Posted on November 9, 2024 by agogo22

With its message of peace, Karl Jenkins’s Benedictus brings solace in hard times. Sir Karl Jenkins’ Benedictus is the penultimate movement from his anti-war mass, The Armed Man. Written twenty-five years ago this year and performed over three thousand times, … Continue reading →

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When one door closes… #funny #language #phrases

Posted on November 4, 2024 by agogo22
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Historian Answers Witchcraft Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Posted on October 31, 2024 by agogo22

31 Oct 2024 Historian Mikki Brock joins WIRED to answer the internet’s bubbling cauldron of questions about witches, witchcraft, and witch hunting through the ages. Can men be witches or only women? Do witches really cast spells and create potions? … Continue reading →

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