Why is your French colleague being formal? AzerbaijanEconomyFrancePeopleTopics of the World May 24, 2011 2 Test your cultural expertise with our weekly quiz question. This week’s question is from France. Your close [...]
Picture Postcards: Bali street scene IndonesiaPeopleTopics of the World May 23, 2011 Our street scene of the week comes to us from Carrie, our contributor in Bali who sent [...]
Bicycle culture (and subculture) in the USA EconomyPeopleSportTopics of the WorldUSA May 20, 2011 1 Abroad, a lot of people conceptualize America as a “car-culture”. And they are, in large part, correct. [...]
Picture Postcards: Street Scene Mumbai, India FoodIndiaPeopleTopics of the World May 16, 2011 1 This photo of a woman selling spices on the streets of Mumbai, India was sent in by [...]
Indonesian student life: a trip to Sempu island IndonesiaPeopleTopics of the WorldTravel May 13, 2011 1 In this post, I would like to share my backpacker experience with my friends. When I was [...]
Does climate influence culture in Azerbaijan? AzerbaijanCanadaPeopleTopics of the World May 10, 2011 Test your cultural expertise with our weekly quiz question. This week’s question is from Azerbaijan. Azeris in [...]
Picture Postcards: Street scene in Ottawa, Canada PeopleTopics of the World May 9, 2011 This week’s street scene picture postcard has been sent in by or contributor, Ana, who spotted these [...]
The Royal Wedding and Britain’s north-south divide CelebrationsPeopleTopics of the WorldUK May 6, 2011 4 Last Friday the UK celebrated the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, otherwise known as the [...]
Picture Postcards: Street scene Cusco, Peru PeoplePeruTopics of the World May 2, 2011 2 This month we are looking at street scenes around the world here on Picture Postcards. Today’s photo [...]
My City: Bishkek KyrgyzstanPeopleTopics of the WorldTravel April 27, 2011 1 I have got very diverse relationships with places, each city or village either loves me or not, [...]
How to make things happen in Canada CanadaIndiaPeopleTopics of the World April 26, 2011 1 Our weekly cultural expertise quiz has moved to Tuesday. This week’s question is from Canada. To make [...]
Picture Postcards: Funny photo from Bangkok, Thailand PeopleThailandTopics of the WorldTravel April 24, 2011 The occasional need to get to a certain room quickly is universal, so we thought this photo [...]