The story of Buddhism is kind of strange in that it began in India and is now almost extinct there. It…
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Culture Guides
The joy of travel comes from a simple fact: when you go somewhere else things are different. The world is a collage. Or maybe a hologram – from understanding pieces of it we get some clues about the whole.
Misha Glenny Talks About the World Mafia
Organised crime is getting more and more organised.
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England Culture Guide
England, the country that gave America the inspiration to spread its own culture around the world whether the world wanted…
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Documentaries Through Local Eyes
A paradigm shift.
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The Proud and Noble Tradition of the Bolivian Road Block
You can view all those angry miners waving sticks of dynamite at your bus as a nuisance, or as a…
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Saint Patrick – The Drunken Saint of Travelers and Irish
The true meaning behind the international day of drunken singing, jokes about leprachauns and throwing up Guinness in the gutter…
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Culture Blinded by Poetry in Sinai
What are all those bloody Bedouin yelling about? Poetry, apparently.
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The Culture of Tipping Around the World
Remember Mr Pink?
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The Wikileaks Cables Help Us Understand the World
Is the Net the last sovereign territory left?
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