Mexico City’s Chapultepec Castle is a gorgeous, historic must-seeNews DeskNovember 18, 20250 I took a Sunday stroll. To a castle on a hill, inside a forest, in the heart of Mexico City.…
Who were the prehistoric inhabitants of early Mexico?News DeskNovember 9, 20250 Read a summary of Mexican history, and it might seem that very little happened between the first humans wandering across…
Mexicans who have won the Nobel PrizeNews DeskOctober 20, 20250 Nobel Prize season has arrived, and we now know the laureates for the 2025 edition. Although several Mexican figures were…
Mexico City’s haunted hotel of horrorsNews DeskOctober 10, 20250 On the corner of Avenida Niños Héroes and Calle Dr. J. Navarro looms a towering, derelict structure with a facade…
Made in Mexico: CorridosNews DeskSeptember 24, 20250 Talking about music and the effect it has on humans is complex. Music shapes brains and communities: it forges neural…
Take control of Tenochtitlán in Aztecs: The Last SunNews DeskSeptember 22, 20250 Gamers, Mexicans and history buffs: rejoice! This week sees the release of Aztec: The Last Sun, a city-building simulator that…
Mexican War of Independence 101: An expat guideNews DeskSeptember 15, 20250 This article was originally published in 2021. So Mexican Independence Day is coming up, and if you’re not Mexican, you…
A short history of Mexico’s ‘Grito’ independence celebrationsNews DeskSeptember 15, 20250 This Monday night, people across Mexico will reenact the Grito de Dolores, the call to rebellion that the priest Miguel…