This new "it" accessory is a must-have.

This year, Oulu, Finland, and Trencin, Slovakia, will become Europe's cultural flagships. Learn more about how Europe's Capitals of Culture program brings lasting change to cities. Trencin is a ...

It was fitting that Lorde made her comeback this year with a lead single called “What Was That”—there’s perhaps no better phrase to describe the weird, wild year that was 2025. In the span of 12 ...

It felt like much of pop culture this year was running on pure adrenaline. Everything from music to film, fashion to memes and even politics seemed to collapse into one ongoing feed of viral spectacle ...

Discover how a historic workshop in the heart of County Kerry uses centuries of tradition to create timeless Irish textiles ...

This was the year of rot, slop and rage. Everything that happened in pop culture in 2025 felt like a huge deal, and not all of it made sense. Perhaps you joined the national barfight over Sydney ...

Intrepid doctors travel to the remote highlands of East Africa and Ethiopia to treat a devastating eye disease called trachoma. Worldwide, forty million people have contracted the disease and eight ...

In this installment of NPR's "Word of the Week" series we trace the origins of the "cravat" (borrowed from the French ...

Scarves? For winter? Sure, it’s not surprising to layer up when it’s freezing outside. This morning, though, Jennifer Lawrence hit the streets of New York with a scarf worn not around her neck, but ...

Despite funding cuts and shuttered venues, homegrown music, TV, film and, yes, memes have dominated the global zeitgeist over the past 12 years. Now this culture must be future-proofed from the forces ...