GlobalYell’s blog news
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The Spotify playlist
Each week’s blog is accompanied by a playlist on the streaming platform: Spotify. The playlist is curated from across Spotify to reflect the articles on the blog. Sometimes the link…
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Fashion in the Louvre
The first ever fashion exhibition at Le Louvre, the Paris museum, recently opened. Louvre Couture matches the museum’s extensive collections of decorative art with pieces from some of the world’s…
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The State of a Nation
At the resumption of South Africa’s Parliament sittings, the President gives an address on the State of the Nation. The annual event is not just for politics but also an…
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The Art of Knitting – a book
“The Art of Knitting”, published in 1977 in the UK, has just been added to the studio library. This book is filled with examples of antique knitting, mainly from Europe…
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Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee
A recent addition to the textile collection shares a great link between textiles and music. Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee are two small characters from the “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”…
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TOTA – connecting cultures
If you like reading about the many different ways in which people live around the world then TOTA might just be the ticket… From videos to stories and articles, from…
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The unique look of Finland
Finland has earned a name for its fashion. The country has had a long and colourful history but has maintained an independent, creative spirit despite war and invasion, and that…
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The Spotify playlist for the week
Each week a Spotify playlist is compiled to reflect the entries on the blog. To listen to the playlist either click on the player above or head over to Spotify…
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Vodou flags
Haitian Vodou is a religion that merged Catholicism and traditional African practices in the diaspora of the 18th and 19th Centuries, and its adherents traditionally made use of handmade flags…
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Waitangi Day
This coming week is the occasion of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi/ Te Tiriti o Waitangi. New Zealand Aotearoa marks the signing of this historic documentation on Thursday…
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