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Stories of international travel, culture and relocation.
Website: https://cultura.me.uk/
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Monthly call for guest posters for Cultura —I'm after pitches on international travel, culture, and relocation. Guest posts by new and seasoned writers from around the globe are welcomed. And the more unique the topic, the better!

Visit cultura.me.uk/write-for-us/

#travel #relocation #culture
January 11, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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A highlight last year for me was Santiago's Barrio Bellavista. Once one of the poorest neighbourhoods: now at its most bohemian and creative. So, my photo journal on the aesthetics and politics of its street art...

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#writingcommunity
#santiagodechile
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Mumbai writer Anupama Vernekar explores connections between the darker winter months, renewal and art traditions across the globe, including the Lux Helsinki festival, Japanese Kakizome, and Indian miniature paintings.

#culture
#writingcommunity

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December 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Up on Cultura today: Exploring the history and sights Santa Cruz de Tenerife
#travel #spain #culture
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife—Exploring a City of Contrasts
Intersected by the dormant volcano of Mount Teide, Tenerife is a story of two halves. While the sunworshipper pilgrimage tends to head south for the beaches and pretty much guaranteed dry, warm wea…
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December 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Annette and I have been in a few Japanese gardens in our time. There's even one just a 20 minute walk from home. This one we saw in Santiago was pretty stunning though.
#travel
#culture
#chile
#santiagodechile🇨🇱
#japaneseculture
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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#6 from the archives. NAACP festive seals (1947).
#NAACP
#CivilRightsHistory
December 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Up on Cultura this morning. Part 3 of explorations of the Grafton to Cairo length of Illinois Route 3 by US writer and poet Richard Stimac.
Today he reminisces on Clark Bridge, Alton, and past Illinois political history.
#travel #culture
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Journeying Through Memories of Illinois Route 3: Clark Bridge and Alton Political History
Part 3 of personal reflections and historic explorations of the Grafton to Cairo length of Illinois Route 3 by writer and poet Richard Stimac. In my childhood, my mom took me to Dr. Rose, an eye do…
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December 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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#6: NAACP festive charity seals (1966).
#NAACP #CivilRightsHistory #civilrights
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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The latest article up on Cultura this morning: "Of the Piasa Bird and Tattoos".
Continuing the series personal reflections and historic explorations of the length of Illinois Route 3 by writer/poet Richard Stimac.

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Journeying Through Memories of Illinois Route 3: Of the Piasa Bird and Tattoos
Part 2 of personal reflections and historic explorations of the Grafton to Cairo length of Illinois Route 3 by writer and poet Richard Stimac. Since childhood, my plan was to earn a doctorate and w…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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I've just put the article by Shelton Mark Rozario "The Babu, the British and the Cartoonist: Visual (Political) Satire in Colonial Bengal" up on the Cultura Magazine website tonight. Visit cultura.me.uk/2025/11/10/t...

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The Babu, the British and the Cartoonist: Visual Satire in Colonial Bengal
Protest art takes its shape in various forms, emerging as creative elements that challenge and criticise the injustice powerplay in society. Political cartoons and caricatures have long had a dual …
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November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Marking 10 years since the passing of legendary musician Allen Toussaint, here's my nod to the New Orleans genius. #musichistory #soulmusic #writingcommunity #booksky windlefreelance.com/2025/03/28/s...
From a Whisper to a Scream: Toussaint and Hurricane Katrina - E. Mark Windle - Biographer and freelance writing services
E. Mark Windle 28 March 2025. Joining the dots between a North Carolina soul band, New Orleans music legend Allen Toussaint and the wrath of nature. For Roger Branch, sound engineer and founder of the...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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So happens I have a ton of old NAACP "Christmas seal" stamps. I'm pretty sure most of mine span from the 1940s to the 1960s, and they come in various shapes and sizes. Since it's the festive season soon I'll post a few up over the coming weeks.
#NAACP
#civirights
#stamps
#writingcommunity
#booksky
October 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Seasonally appropriate Savannah, Georgia. Was on a road trip to interview a soul singer for one of my books, but just had to stop by for a few days.

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October 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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#travellovers
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Up on Cultura this morning. From US writer and poet Richard Stimac, the first instalment in a series of personal reflections and historic explorations of the Grafton to Cairo length of Illinois Route 3.
Read the full article here cultura.me.uk/2025/10/28/j...

#travel #history #culture #outdoors
Journeying Through Memories of Illinois Route 3: Exploring Pere Marquette State Park
Part 1 of personal reflections and historic explorations of the Grafton to Cairo length of Illinois Route 3 by writer and poet Richard Stimac. When I was young, my parents would take me to the 8,00…
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October 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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One for BHM. I collect old civil rights memorabilia, including NAACP membership cards. For one in particular, curiosity got the better of me, and so started my dive down a rabbit hole... cultura.me.uk/2025/10/24/t...

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The Lynchings of Schley County
Being an avid collector of old civil rights material, I’d already amassed a pile of these NAACP membership cards. I guess what drew my attention to this particular one that appeared on eBay was the…
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October 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Exploring the sights and history of Manoel Island and Valletta today in Cultura Magazine. Read the full article here cultura.me.uk/2025/10/22/m...

#malta
#maltatravel
Malta: Exploring Manoel Island and Valletta
Malta has been on everyone’s hit list, and not just that of tourists – centuries of invasions and colonisation are confirmation of that. There’s a theory that Greeks gave the island its…
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October 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Up on Cultura this week, and a simple outdoors piece which originally appeared in Northern Life Magazine, which celebrates everything Yorkshire. A bit closer to home than our usual romps...

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#travel #outdoors

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Golden Acre Park, a Piece of Yorkshire Heaven
As a freelance writer, I find myself in various settings while striving for productivity. But inspiration doesn’t necessarily arrive in a ta-da! moment. Sometimes just being surrounded by serenity …
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October 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Pražský hrad
Covering 70,000 sq. m, the 9th century Prague Castle has been home for monarchy, Roman emperors, and now presidents.

#Prague #travel
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October 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Vltava River and Prague at night, from Charles Bridge.
(image: EM Windle).
#Prague #travel
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October 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I have an obsession for picking up these NAACP cards for my civil rights collection.
They could tell so many stories, if not for the fact that many of these individuals are now either untraceable or no longer with us. The result is a history that is potentially forgotten.
Here's an exception.
October 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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I once ordered hot wine in the winter market and burned my tongue but still loved every sip. That’s Prague in December. I shared more about that season if you’re curious.
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Up on Cultura Magazine this morning. A reflection from guest writer, US author and poet John Guzlowski that not all cruising is plain sailing...
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Bad Day at Sea. On Cruising and Heart Trouble
Fifteen years ago this summer, I had a heart attack on a cruise ship in the middle of the Atlantic, on the way to England. My wife Linda and I were on board the Independence of the Seas, doing what…
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October 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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The Lennon Wall. The origins of the wall as a display of protest began in the late 1960s, as resistance against Soviet occupation.
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October 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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"Standing firm in power and pride" is this year's Black History Month (UK) theme. So, will share some memorabilia from my civil rights collection. Here, a US press release photo from 1972. The Temps, sworn in by the Mayor of Washington as registrars, to encourage the Black vote.
#BlackHistoryMonth
October 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM