Culture

Let’s be honest — throughout history, it has often been a relatively small number of individuals who have influenced politics, innovation, and societal development. These have typically been   →  

Just a few years ago, overpopulation was seen as one of the world’s major challenges. It was said that our planet could no longer sustain us and that   →  

Europe has undergone several major periods of division, the first of which is not on the map, but roughly follows the Ottoman line, and involves the division of   →  

I can still be fascinated by the old British East India Company, a mega-corporation in its day with its own navy and army, which contributed to a significant   →  

Here they are in random order, the albums that I think have had a big cultural impact without really being able to carry their name, either musically, creatively   →  

We are now in the final week of the year and it is time to predict the future. I have been playing this game for many years, with   →  

Anyone who grew up in the 1970s will remember post-war Europe, where a third of Germany was behind the communist Iron Curtain, along with Poland, the Baltic States,   →  

There is a lot of strange ambiguity in the world, a whole portfolio of opinions whose veracity is questionable; let’s start with some examples: Whatever we think of   →  

There are many signs that we live in an increasingly conservative society. One example, which I mentioned in another article, is the requirement to be addressed correctly. So-called   →