Countries with strict social rules and behavioral etiquette such as the United Kingdom may foster drinking cultures characterized by unruly or bad behavior, according to a new report on alcohol and violence released today by International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP). The report lists 11 cultural features that may predict levels of violence such as homicide and spousal abuse.

A poetry magazine launched by Vanna Bonta gets an award from space professionals proving beauty is part of equations and efficiency is pointless without humanity.

What the Bag Tells

Cultural Photo and documentary exhibition commissioned by the house of Francesco Biasia, handbag designers, in celebration of their 30th year in business and the thirtieth anniversary year of their limited edition Diva Dreams handbag collection. Cultures, habits and societies in the images of an international reportage

Teenage girls of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds still experience sexism and sexual harassment – but cultural factors may control whether they perceive sexism as an environmental problem or as evidence of their own shortcomings.

A group of around 15 Tibetan months have staged a protest in front of foreign journalists at a Buddhist monastery in China's northwestern Gansu province.

The campaign “We Are Addressing the President” started on February 4 in Kirovskiy region, Russia. It’s going to last until March 2 – the Election day.

A fun-packed celebration of Maori and Pacific culture takes place over five days of half-term next week.

People from different cultures use their brains differently to solve the same visual perceptual tasks, MIT researchers and colleagues report in the first brain imaging study of its kind.

Predicted rain will not dampen this year's Woodford Folk Festival in south-east Queensland, Australia, with more than 130,000 people expected at the six-day event, which begins today.

There have been a number of theories put forward to explain how our tastes in cinema, theatre, music and the fine arts relate to our position in society. New research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, has concluded that there is little evidence of a ‘cultural elite’ that aspires to ‘high culture’, while turning its back on popular culture.

Afghanistan, a nation once renowned for its artists and intellectuals, has again begun to sprout a vibrant arts movement. For years, artistic expression was stifled in the war-torn nation by religious extremists but now has been reborn. Evidence of this comes in an exhibit of photographs taken by young Afghans and now being displayed in Washington, DC's, Goethe-Institut.

Different cultures have different standards and norms for appropriate body size and shape, which can effect how children perceive their body image.