When Charlotte Mensah was a young child growing up in Accra, Ghana in the 1970s, she would spend hours watching her aunties having their hair intricately threaded, an ancient African …
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On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors fringe cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history. First, the BAIT: a weird genre pick, and why we’re exploring its specific niche right now. Then, …
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Seventeen years ago today, on August 9, 2009, the business reality television series Shark Tank premiered on ABC, marking a significant moment in television history during a challenging economic period. …
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Hear the Earliest Known Piece of Polyphonic Music: This Composition, Dating Back to 900 AD, Changed Western Music
Like digging for fossils or panning for gold, the research process can be a tedious affair. But for any researcher, long days of searching and reading will eventually result in …
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By Sal Khan, Founder and CEO of Khan Academy Setting the record straight I started Khan Academy as a nonprofit because I believed that access to a great education should …
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Things are about to get a lot more Cheetahlicious. For millions of Disney fans, that phrase instantly conjures up memories of one of the biggest musical franchises of the 2000s. …
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Game Mode Vol 1: It’s not hi-fi, but this hi-res wireless headset changed how I play my favourite video games
Welcome to Game Mode, our new hub for home cinema enthusiasts and hi-fi fanatics who also strive for picture and sound perfection for their video games. We’ve been discussing the …
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A moment that changed me: I became an uncle – and it helped me heal from childhood bullying | Family
When I found out I had become an uncle, I was 22 and on a year abroad as part of a languages degree, living in Madrid. I’d spent much of …
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A moment that changed me: I was wary of men – then I found out I was having a baby boy | Life and style
At the 20-week ultrasound, because of the baby’s position, my partner and I didn’t get any proper pictures to take home. Instead, the sonographer printed us a shot of the …
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I was 11, with a handful of friends on a school trip to Dartmoor. We’d set up our tents near the edge of a camp, which was mostly empty. The …
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