You are here: Homepage Tag village Articles Katarína Kucbelová worked on her novel “The Bonnet” for more than two years Photo: Dirk Skiba Literature l Slovakia The seamstress’s story Slovakian author Katarína Kucbelová spent two years visiting the seamstress Iľka in a remote village. Her episodic novel “The Bonnet” talks about tradition and village life, hidden racism and the social exclusion of Roma people Interview with Katarína Kucbelová 08/29/2024 Young people in Kenya admire the starry sky through the “SkyWatcher Flextube”, a mobile telescope Photo: Daniel Chu Owen Education | Kenya Kenya’s travelling telescope How Susan Murabana inspires Kenya’s children with astrophysics and the wonders of the starry sky By Sharon Machira 01/26/2024 A green retreat in the middle of Taiwan’s capital: the Treasure Hill artists’ district Photo: Jui-Chi Chan / iStock / Getty Images Urban life | Taiwan High on Treasure Hill Twenty years ago, the historic Taipei neighbourhood of Treasure Hill was going to be demolished. Today, it is an enclave for both international and Taiwanese artists By Carina Rother 01/07/2022 Savoir-vivre: Boating on a canal in the French département of Deux-Sèvres Photo: Serge de Sazo / Gamma-Rapho / Getty Images Fiction | France In the French countryside In his new novel, Mathias Énard observes French rural life in the 21st century as though it were a strange, foreign culture By Birthe Mühlhoff 07/01/2021 Flying visit | Russia Traditional herbs Having tea brings people together - and if tea is not available, herbs will do. But the most important thing about the Russian tea ceremony is the shared conversation By Katja Timofeewa 07/01/2021
Katarína Kucbelová worked on her novel “The Bonnet” for more than two years Photo: Dirk Skiba Literature l Slovakia The seamstress’s story Slovakian author Katarína Kucbelová spent two years visiting the seamstress Iľka in a remote village. Her episodic novel “The Bonnet” talks about tradition and village life, hidden racism and the social exclusion of Roma people Interview with Katarína Kucbelová 08/29/2024
Young people in Kenya admire the starry sky through the “SkyWatcher Flextube”, a mobile telescope Photo: Daniel Chu Owen Education | Kenya Kenya’s travelling telescope How Susan Murabana inspires Kenya’s children with astrophysics and the wonders of the starry sky By Sharon Machira 01/26/2024
A green retreat in the middle of Taiwan’s capital: the Treasure Hill artists’ district Photo: Jui-Chi Chan / iStock / Getty Images Urban life | Taiwan High on Treasure Hill Twenty years ago, the historic Taipei neighbourhood of Treasure Hill was going to be demolished. Today, it is an enclave for both international and Taiwanese artists By Carina Rother 01/07/2022
Savoir-vivre: Boating on a canal in the French département of Deux-Sèvres Photo: Serge de Sazo / Gamma-Rapho / Getty Images Fiction | France In the French countryside In his new novel, Mathias Énard observes French rural life in the 21st century as though it were a strange, foreign culture By Birthe Mühlhoff 07/01/2021
Flying visit | Russia Traditional herbs Having tea brings people together - and if tea is not available, herbs will do. But the most important thing about the Russian tea ceremony is the shared conversation By Katja Timofeewa 07/01/2021
