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Either physically or online, music collection is important for every decent music listener, but after peaking in the 70s and 80s, vinyls are living their renaissance
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Nobel Prize-winning author Svetlana Alexievich was the guest of honor at the 27th International Book Festival Budapest in Hungary and received the Budapest Grand Prize from
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The Paloznak Jazz Picnic celebrated its 10th anniversary
Three days, four stages, over forty concerts. The Paloznak Jazz Picnic celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. And the organizers were not stingy: they brought star
TASTE | Tibor Rosenstein & Róbert Rosenstein
They have hosted guests such as Robert de Niro, Steven Spielberg and Mark Ruffalo, but that’s not the only reason Rosenstein Restaurant is legendary. It’s not
TASTE | Katalin Lőrinc
Over the past decades, she has worked with several European companies from Stockholm to Brussels. Katalin Lőrinc is an iconic figure in contemporary dance, and not
TASTE | János Mizsei—MÁK bistro
We arrive at the MÁK bistro before the evening service, where we are immediately approached by the “chamber shelf” dressed in a modern guise—we speculate for
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What will we eat in 100 years? Artists and speculative designers on the food of the future
In 100 years, will there still be honey and coffee on Earth? Will Haribo Goldbears go extinct, will we still be able to make paprikás krumpli
From The French Chef to Göcsej pecsenye
Gastronomy and food are almost everywhere: in high art and in the various products of mass culture. In our current HypeLAB episode, we look at the
Taste manipulation by touch, or tactility in gastronomy
I think it won’t surprise anyone if I say that enjoying a meal isn’t limited to smelling and tasting it. With the spread of food design
We win, or we are wiped off the map | Interview with Mykola Riabchuk
We spoke with Professor Mykola Riabchuk, one of the most prominent experts on Ukrainian culture and public life, about changes in Ukrainian society, books, doomscrolling, historical
Cohousing status report—or current issues in community living
Each year sees more and more projects offering alternatives to urban co-living and community housing. Co-living and cohousing are fundamentally about tackling loneliness and the housing
Why is there no such thing as a perfect world? – In pursuit of utopian cities
A place founded on the basis of an ideology—perhaps this is the easiest way to define utopian cities, but these settlements are interesting not only because
Is the future Phygital?
Public or private, physical or digital: today, none of these spaces exists on their own anymore. But how do our smart devices redefine physical boundaries? Can
Around the work with a laptop—digital nomads
Sunshine, a sandy beach, a straw hat and a logged-in Teams platform—we first associate the exotic setting with a holiday, but for some, it is an
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