Culture Re-View: 53 years after his death, Jimi Hendrix’s best riffs

[ad_1] On this day in 1970, one of the biggest names is added to the infamous “27 Club”. The club is an urban legend for the coincidental demise of many…

Culture Re-View: 5 of her best for Amy Winehouse’s 40th birthday

[ad_1] 14 September 1983: Amy Winehouse’s birthday. Today would have been Amy Winehouse’s 40th birthday. Although the Queen of Camden died tragically in 2011 at the young age of 27,…

Culture Re-View: The Fab Four (almost) bow out of performing live

[ad_1] On this day in 1966, the Beatles performed in public for the very last time – despite still being at the top of their game. 1966 was a difficult…

Culture Re-View: 25 years of ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’

[ad_1] It seems fitting that during the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, we can take a moment to celebrate one of the genre’s most important albums, released at the mid-point between…

Culture Re-View: Why is Pluto not a planet anymore?

[ad_1] 24 August 2006: There’s one less planet in the sky. Ever since I was a little kid, I always remembered the names of the planets in our solar system…

Culture Re-View: How the theft of the Mona Lisa made it a superstar

[ad_1] Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is probably the most famous painting in existence for a number of reasons. The first is that it’s one of the only still existing…

Culture Re-View: When Mick Jagger got shot on a film set

[ad_1] Mick Jagger has always been the ultimate embodiment of a rock star. From his swaggering dance moves, his sexually-driven lyrics to his anarchic personal life, all Jagger needed to…

Culture Re-View: The first ever fully animated cartoon film screens

[ad_1] On a summer evening in a Paris cinema just eight years after the turn of the 20th century, the very first animated cartoon was shown to the public. ADVERTISEMENT…

Culture Re-View: Pink Floyd release their first album

[ad_1] There have been many Pink Floyds. The one most well-known is the line-up featuring Roger Waters on bass, David Gilmour on guitar, Nick Mason on drums and Richard Wright…

Culture Re-View: Fantasy meets puppets as Labyrinth is released

[ad_1] On this day 37 years ago, the classic movie was released in the U.S., but it took some time to achieve the cult status it boasts today Released on…