Tag #culture

 

KNOCK ON WOOD AND CROSS YOUR FINGERS!


Superstition and good luck charms survive in the age of AI: they influence the actions of millions of people around the world and have always helped humans cope with the uncertainties of life



 

DIVES MARMORIBUS TELLUS


The world’s most valuable marble has been quarried in Carrara for two thousand years. But is it still sustainable?



 

THE UGLY CROATIAN DUCKLING


Little considered in the past, Zagreb proves to be a fascinating crossroads of styles and cultures. But the adoption of the Euro in 2023 raised the cost of living and drove rents through the roof



 

SMELLING THE WORLD


It shapes our lives, affects our health, generates memories and emotions: a journey around the world to discover our most enigmatic sense



 

HEART OF DARKNESS


The fascinating Gargano promontory remains a hostile and mysterious Italian land



 

ROMA REVOLUTION


In Belgrade, with music and a thirst for empowerment, six talented women are on a mission to change the gypsy world



 

THE LAST ITALIAN STEPPE


A wild, stone treasure chest: the rebirth of Alta Murgia



 

THE WARSAW MOVEMENT


In dark and threatening times music offers some respite in the Polish capital



 

THE VILLAGE OF LONGEVITY


A trip to Ogimi, among the Japanese centenarians



 

SILENCE


Admired and scorned, desired and damned, the absence of sound is a mystery humanity has always sought to unravel



 

RELIQUIAE


Whether real or fake, relics of saints are powerful objects of worship



 

ETNALAND


Daily life under the highest volcano in Europe 




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