Photographer Irem Harnak is an appropriate artistic ambassador of her homeland, Istanbul. A mysterious and magical place with more than 8,000 years of history, where the East meet the West, Istanbul has constantly been a picturesque location which also produces a wealth of art and culture. The different peoples and cultures that mixed in this […]
5 Arguments for Simplified Technical English — Explain Less, Do More
English teachers are fond of saying that English is the world’s easiest language to learn. That’s probably an overstatement: English might lack gendered nouns and complex casing, but it has tens of thousands of synonyms that confuse non-native speakers to no end, not to mention a slew of idiosyncrasies that provoke mirth and befuddlement in […]
Things You Did Not Know About Valentine’s Day Around the World
That time of the year is coming up again. You know the one we’re talking about – Valentine’s Day. February 14 gives us all an excuse to be excited about love, whether it be romantic, platonic or anything in between and boy do we love to make an event of it. While globalisation may have […]
Tapping Africa’s Entrepreneurial Economy
Namibia, Rwanda and Botswana have made the top 50 of a new global entrepreneurship index, coming out ahead of other African nations traditionally viewed as being more prosperous, such as Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa or Western countries like Italy and Greece. The inaugural Ashish J. Thakkar Global Entrepreneurship Index ranked the three countries […]
The Journey of the Chardonnay Grape from Old World to California
California Chardonnay has gone through a transformation over the years. It was the Judgement of Paris in 1976 that put it on the map as a serious wine that could rival Burgundy producers who’d been making wine for centuries. But during the 1990’s, a lot of experimentation in the California wine market took place. The […]
7 Places to Go to When in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is a group of countries between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Their culture is influenced by Chinese, Indian and Western cultures. This region also includes the most populated Muslim country in the world, Buddhist countries, as well as Hindu, Animist and Christian communities. This is one of the most favorite corners […]
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