Italy of the day@EasyItalianmixItaly
Easy Italian: Italians on the street
A YouTube channel teaching Italian through street interviews: Katie and Matteo quiz passers-by in Milan and other cities, with Italian and English subtitles on every video.
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Italy of the day
Site of the dayoldbaileyonline.orgenUnited Kingdom
Old Bailey Online: London's court records, 1674–1913
A fully searchable archive of London's central criminal court: over 197,000 trials from 1674 to 1913, told largely in the words of the witnesses and defendants themselves.
Instagram of the day@everydayafricaenWorldwide
Everyday Africa: daily life across the continent
Everyday Africa features photographers living and working across Africa, showing daily life, rivers, streets, celebrations and people instead of headline clichés.
Site of the dayseat61.comenWorldwide
The Man in Seat 61
Mark Smith's hobby site on getting almost anywhere by train and ferry: routes, tickets, what the trains are like and practical tips, from someone who's been at it since 2001.
Indonesia of the day@historiadotidmixIndonesia
Historia.ID: Indonesia's past, told locally
The YouTube channel of Indonesia's first online history magazine: ancient Kutai and Majapahit, the colonial era, forgotten manuscripts and people. In Indonesian.
Peru of the daytextilescusco.orgenPeru
CTTC: the weavers of the Andes
The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco explains Andean weaving from cave finds to the Inca, and profiles ten highland communities still weaving today.
Mongolia of the day@ARTGERmixMongolia
ARTGER: Mongolia's nomad kitchens
A YouTube channel following Mongolian nomad families: Altai goat herders, Gobi camel breeders, Naadam feasts and a hard winter up north.
Instagram of the day@pastagranniesenWorldwide
Pasta Grannies: Italian grannies making pasta
Older Italian women show how they make pasta by hand, following the recipes of their villages, and talk about their lives along the way.
Site of the daywindow-swap.comenWorldwide
WindowSwap: someone else's window
Short clips filmed from real people's windows around the world: backyards, rooftops, the sea, rain on glass. Press a button and you're at a different window.