Viral hippos and lookalike competitions: The Big Culture Quiz of 2024
Culture • Dec 31, 2024, 7:31 AM
1 min de lecture
Another year has come to an end and we find our heads mostly filled with Taylor Swift songs, an aggressive little hippo and duct-tape.
For all of this year's impressive movies, music, people and food trends, there's also been a hefty dose of silliness - hot rodent men, anyone?
But all of 2024's cultural happenings, be them big or small, important or nonsense, made an impact in some way and helped colour a year shrouded in much doom.
How well do you remember it all? Test your knowledge and find out.
Yesterday
166-million-year-old dinosaur footprints unearthed in astonishing Oxfordshire quarry find
Culture • 3:55 PM
7 min
The UK’s largest dinosaur trackway has been uncovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire, revealing a fascinating glimpse into the Jurassic past.
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Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury over 'corporate control' claims against BBC
Culture • 10:44 AM
5 min
Canadian rockstar Neil Young has posted a confirmation that he and his Chrome Hearts band will not play the upcoming 2025 Glastonbury.
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Celebrated museum curator Marie-Claude Beaud dies, aged 78
Culture • 12:43 AM
3 min
Marie-Claude Beaud, the curator of multiple prestige galleries in Francophone Europe, has died aged 78.
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Brian Friel's plays to return to Irish roots in ambitious cross-border project
Culture • 12:12 AM
7 min
To mark the centenary of Brian Friel’s birth in 2029, a five-year project will bring his works to the communities, landscapes and even seasons that inspired them.
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Ágnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic champion, dies at the age of 103
Culture • 12:09 AM
7 min
Five-time Olympic champion gymnast Ágnes Keleti, the most successful competitor in Hungarian gymnastics and a Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 103.
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