In this article, we’re gonna talk about heather. But not Heather Graham. Or Heather Locklear. We’re gonna be talking about Scottish heather. Purple, fragrant and ubiquitous, it’s an iconic part of Scotland’s landscape. It looks great, it smells great, and for many, it’s one of Scotland’s most famous assets. Alongside the thistle, it’s absolutely the…Read More
I love Vietnam. I’ve traveled there twice, I’ve lived there and I’ve eaten about ten million spring rolls there. It’s a bemusing place full of chaos and contradictions. Famous for beautiful food, mind-boggling traffic and warm but no-nonsense locals, it’s both friendly and resilient, both welcoming and impenetrable, both alien and home. It’s a place…Read More
Scotland has a certain sparsity which is detectable but hard to define. If you’ve been to the more rural parts of the nation, you were likely hit by a barren atmosphere which seemed palpable but perplexing: ‘There’s something missing here, but I don’t know what’. Well, that ‘what’ is trees. Trees are missing in Scotland….Read More
Apple Music has launched its Holiday Sounds campaign featuring playlists from some of Sub-Saharan Africa and the world’s biggest artists, celebrities and influencers including Cuppy, Deborah Mutund, DJ Spinall, Dua Lipa, Ehiz, Elsa Majimbo, Joeboy, Lianne La Havas, Tems and Teyana Taylor and many more. Apple Music’s Africa Now Radio presenter Cuppy had this to...Read More
2020 will see hugely reduced attendances in all tourist spots thanks to the pandemic – and that includes museums. But 2019 still saw huge numbers across all museums and other cultural attractions. To determine museum attendances, the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), an organization dedicated to representing creatives all over the world, carried out and published…Read More
A new survey from Mandela Research shows that African American history and culture are strong motivators for travel. The study was conducted on behalf of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor using the states that make up the corridor: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Findings in the report were based on a national...Read More
Decades ago Zora Neale Hurston wrote, “There are years that ask questions, and there are years that answer.” Certainly, 2020 is a year that answers, responding to questions that have been posed for centuries. Heightened racial violence and xenophobia remind us of why it it imperative to continue resisting, teaching, writing and working cooperatively to...Read More
Museums throughout the United States are some of the most interesting and educational attractions that the country has to offer. Millions of people of all ages, generations and cultures visit and enjoy US museums for a multitude of reasons. Recently, AECOM (a leading infrastructure firm) teamed with the Themed Entertainment Association (an organization dedicated to…Read More
Fete Gede, also known as the Festival of the Dead, is a key celebration in Haitian culture. It’s a national holiday centered around Voodoo culture. Haitians across the country join each other in song and dance to celebrate lwa or spirits of Voodoo. What’s Fet Gede? Fet Gede (also knows as Fèt Gede or Fète...Read More
Just off the east coast of the island of Madagascar, is where you can find some of Africa’s most pristine beaches and exotic wildlife. Mauritius, an island nation itself, draws in visitors from all over wanting to walk its soft-sand beaches What if we told you that you could make this exotic island your home...Read More
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