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Urban
Culture is that strange and evolving blend of the ethnic, the
national, the global, the bizarre, and the mundane, even banal.
Every city blends its own urban culture to suit its geography, its
origins, and its aspirations (often unintentional). This section
looks at urban arts, fashion, attitudes, problems and the unique
aspects of urban living in a global context.
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Fast food - no junk |
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FOOD: Source: The Guardian:
"As part of the Guardian's food week, we asked
readers to nominate their favourite healthy fast food joints. Here are 50 of
your suggestions ..." Read more…
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Raiding London's Closet |
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MUSEUMS: Source: New York Times: "His biceps were ringed with skull tattoos and his eyes ringed with traces of mascara. It was not the average profile of an aspiring donor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's extensive collection of historic fashion." Read more…
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New hip-hop lingo sweeping London |
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CULTURE CHANGE: Source: Al Jazeera: "London's cockney rhyming phrases have been taken over by a new type of multicultural-influenced speech, dubbed Jafaican and Tikkiny. Words like "yoot," "nuff" and "nang" - meaning child, very and good, respectively - are forming the new accepted slang in London's inner boroughs." Read more…
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