Culture

Melbourne, Australia – or at least one of our streets – has topped yet another global ranking, but what does it mean to be officially ‘cool’ and who decides?

As two giants of Hollywood’s culture-defining studios turn 100 this year – Warner Bros. and Disney – test your knowledge about their creative history

Researchers are using cultural data to highlight the obscured history of Australian women artists, revealing gender disparities and opportunities for positive change

A new framework aims to celebrate and generate opportunities for cultural exchange and the expression of new cultural identities through shared music

Machines are better than most human foreign language learners at translation, so teaching languages should now focus on global competence

Understanding the power of raw data for cultural institutions to create compelling stories has become easier with a new data mapping app

While the Victorian author didn’t actually invent Christmas, he did renew – and redefine – its generous spirit

For the last year, Grimwade Conservation Services has been conserving Loong 龍, the oldest intact Imperial processional dragon in the world

Two new studies find that beliefs in luck and predicting the future vary around the world, for unexpected reasons

The Global South’s urban poor are often violently displaced and excluded from the processes and places which determine their lives