Catalan is a thousand year old language spoken in the northeastern region of Catalonia, in Spain. It is spoken by almost 10 million people not only in Catalonia, but also in Valencia and the Balearic islands (they speak dialects of Catalan). So, learning... (read more)

Wikileak's founder Julian Assange has not always had white hair as he has now. He has appeared in public with many different hairstyles but the... (read more)

Eduard Khil is a Russian singer who became famous a couple of years ago for an old video of the 60's in which he sang an entire song without a single word, just saying the word "trololo". The awkward yet funny video on Youtube became a success on the... (read more)

Mike Portnoy is one of the best drummers in the world. As a member of progressive band Dream Theater, he is known for his enormous talent displayed... (read more)

For the last couple of weeks the mid and north-eastern regions of Italy have suffered a number of serious earthquakes that have cost the lives of many people and has ruined the houses and lives of many others. Today, tuesday 29th May, Italy has suffered... (read more)

The Beach Boys, a legendary north-american surf-pop band is on the road again after the release of their new album That's why god made the radio. They willl be touring Europe in the following dates: 21 July in Avila, Spain 23 July Barcelona... (read more)

Julian Assange is perhaps one of the most important and influential persons in the world because he has created Wikileaks, a nont-for-profit media organisation that unveils secret or highly sensitive information to the most important information to the... (read more)

An aphorism is a maxim, a sentence or a saying that embodies a larger, final truth. It is lke trying to capture lots of truths about the world in one single sentence, like Friedrich Nietzsche claims in one of hi most famous aphorisms: The aphorism... (read more)

The Beach Boys were and still are one of the most famous pop/surf band in the world which has become an icon of American pop culture. The group was founded almost 50 years ago by its members Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Alan Jardine and... (read more)

Internet can be a source for enjoyment to poetry lovers and researchers around the world. Among the most interesting ones are the poetry archive (read more)

FC Barcelona is mostly known for its football section, which has illuminated the views of football supporters all over the world with its superb passing and polished technique game. But football is not the only sport in which FC Barcelona participates.... (read more)

One of the birds that comes to our minds when we think of flihtless birds is the kiwi from New Zealand. The kiwi is a small, black-feathered bird... (read more)

Munich-born director Michael Haneke (70) has won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival with his film Amour. The film is an introspective analyses of the effects of ageing and dementia on an elderly couple. This is not the first time Aneke... (read more)

Australia is a fascinating country, large as a continent and rich in ancestral culture. The continent has been occupied since the beginning of times, far longer than the arrival of Europeans, 400 years ago. Indigenous Australians have lived in Australia... (read more)

Ecocriticism is an umbrella term that refers to a number of approaches that have in common their concern with the reader's reevaluation of cultural constructions of the environment. In an age of massive environmental degradation, and when the project... (read more)

FC Barcelona supporters are called "cules" for a very funny reason. Before the present stadium Camp Nou was built, FC Barcelona used to play in a small stadium in the neighbourhood of Les Corts, in Barcelona. As there were not enough seats for everybody... (read more)

The original coinage of the term "heavy metal" to define a certain kind of intense and hard kind of music is quite uncertain. Legend says it was the group Iron Butterfly, a band of the early 70's, who made a sort of music that could be defined as "heavy... (read more)

Pregnancy is a source of inmense joy for both parents but it can also raise questions they had never thought about before. One of these questions is whether travelling by plane is dangerous for the fetus. (read more)

Knightwhood is awarded every year by Queen Elizabeth II to outstanding individuals who have contributed to British culture with excellence. The first Knight from the Pop industry was Bob Geldof (1986), Cliff Richard (1996), Paul McCartney (1997), Elton... (read more)

Since its creation in 2006, Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange have been publishing government and corporate information that had been previously... (read more)