Tag: Culture

“If it should be, and he came to London, with his teeming millions. … There may be a solemn duty; and if it come we must not shrink from it.”—Bram ...

The words of the year, chosen by the English-speaking universe’s custodians of the language, certainly describe the state of our world. Oxford University Press opted for “brain rot,” while Merriam-Webster ...

In 2024, Foreign Policy contributors read books that pushed them to reflect on their career experiences, reconsider the legacies of global icons, and rethink long-held beliefs about their areas of ...

This year, the Global Engagement Center, an agency that leads the U.S. State Department’s efforts to counter foreign disinformation, offered a $1 million grant to applicants proposing a video game ...

My family didn’t have cable when I was growing up. What we did have was a DVD player into which my parents fed offerings from the local Blockbuster. Our fare ...

Perhaps no moment better sums up the theme and purpose of Gladiator II than when the film’s hero, Lucius “Hanno” Verus (Paul Mescal), needing courage and inspiration, seeks it at ...

“Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?” asks the popular jazz standard, and the answer is pretty straightforward—the weather here is either stiflingly hot or bracingly cold, ...

In the opening pages of Devika Rege’s debut novel Quarterlife, one of the protagonists, Naren Agashe, goes to the Lincoln Zoo in Nebraska to buy a coffee. After an older ...

On Oct. 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from the top of Beijing’s Tiananmen Gate. Now, as the PRC celebrates its 75th ...

When I was a little boy, I thought Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, was the greatest hero of all. Stronger than Superman, sharper than Spider-Man, he fought, tricked, and joked ...