Kenya’s Ghetto Classics Orchestra tackles juvenile crime with music
The Ghetto Classics Orchestra helps young people living in Nairobi’s slums preventing them from turning to crime. Music as a powerful means of social transformation.
Wolfgang Buttress, making live music with the sounds of bees
Live music improvised on the buzz streamed from a beehive. Wolfgang Buttress, creator of The Hive at the UK pavilion at Expo Milano 2015, tells us about his idea.
Rome’s Ara Pacis museum launches hi-tech experience for blind visitors
Antenna works with the blind and deaf to design adaptive museum tours using indoor positioning technology to allow independent navigation and create immersive narratives.
13 February is World Radio Day
World Radio Day was proclaimed by UNESCO to celebrate world’s most popular medium.
Unofficial US national parks Twitter gains 1 million followers to #ResistTrump
The unofficial National Parks Twitter account @AltNatParkSer was created to resist Trump and educate people on climate change: gaining over a million followers in 48 hours.
Meryl Streep, what it means to be an actress in the Trump era. The full Golden Globes speech
Meryl Streep has never shied away from tackling hard topics. In her speech at the 74th Golden Globes she took on Trump and Hollywood’s role in these turbulent times.
Google and Facebook to restrict ads on fake news sites after the shock presidential victory
The two web giants have been sharply criticised for spreading fake news that influenced the Trump-Clinton presidential debate. And now they’re taking remedial action.
Goodbye Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen died last night at 82. One of the most prolific, poetic and visionary songwriter of all times.
José Pepe Mujica tells us what happiness really is
José Pepe Mujica, ex presidente dell’Uruguay, è in Italia per presentare il suo ultimo libro Una pecora nera al potere, la politica della gente. Nella tappa milanese ha dialogato con Petrini e Sepúlveda, sulla felicità.
Bataclan concert hall to reopen a year after the Paris attacks
On 12 November, almost a year after the Paris attacks that took place on 13 November 2015, British rocker Sting is scheduled to play at the Bataclan music venue.