Crazy Culture

Spanish Flu made its first appearance in 1918; soldiers returning from World War 1 brought the virus home to their countries with them. In 1920 in New York City over…

Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire Ash Sarkar spoke to Akala about the white working class, conscious rap and politics, Britishness and his new book Natives: Race and…

Watching a report on France24 detailing how local shops in the highstreet are closing down.  This is an issue that affects France but also many other countries including the USA…

Diana Heath, Senior Metals Conservator at the V&A, describes the challenges of treating the Wolsey Angels – rare examples of copper figures created for the English Tudor court at the…

Bobby talks music and culture.

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon get caught out impersonating Michael Caine in a hilarious bit of British banter. Almost makes me want to watch a few of those classic movies…

The effects of immigration can be felt on most countries today and while it has been painted largely as a negative phenomenon by some elements of the mass media there…

Human history is something that has always interested me – with great enthusiasm I watched this and had to share.   This speech highlights many issues on race and culture that…

CT Scans of a 1000 year old Buddha statue reveal the mummified remains of a monk hidden inside. Scientists found the unthinkable a few months ago when they examined statue…

When local people were told that Channel 4 wanted to film a documentary about their community spirit everyone was enthusiastic to take part – what they didn’t know was that…