Steve Skaith sings about the bad news that’s always on the radio about Africa. When the album came out in 1985, South Africa was still governed by racist apartheid policies. In the interest of overcoming language and cultural barriers, Latin Quarter and Steve Skaith provided subtitles AND translations on their album covers!

This song is about Nomzamo Winifred Mandela, wife of Nelson Mandela, who was arrested in 1963 and sentenced to life in prison. She’s one of nine children and her people, the Xhosa fought nine big wars against the white settlers, in the 18th and 19th century.

From Latin Quarter’s first album Modern times: It is a long way from the bazaars in North Africa, in which leather goods and Berber carpets are sold, to the car factories in which each movement is measured in units of time and you don’t earn much. Maybe you came all the way to Toulouse, in order to lose?

Latin Quarter: The election of Ronald Reagan to President of the USA and subsequent swing to the political right horrified many people. “Bed-Time for Bonzo”: One of Reagan’s last movies in which his co-star, a chimpanzee named Bonzo, was the better actor.

A journalist sits at his smeared desk, eats cheap beans from the can and writes the “Truth about John Lennon”. His client is a national tabloid daily paper. His source a young woman, who wants to cash in on a long forgotten affair. But she is unable to write her story alone and needs a ghostwriter, who’s now killing Lennon for the second time. A song by Latin Quarter.

Latin Quarter’s song “Phil Ochs” is about the death of a protest singer of the 1960’s and of that which died with him. Phil Ochs was a talented singer-songwriter of the 1960s who addressed all manner of anti-war, civil rights, labour, and social justice issues in America. He took his own life in 1976.

British band Latin Quarter formed in 1983 and released six albums, the subject matter of their songs often expressing their strong political views. The title of this song "No rope as long as time" was a saying of black South Africans meaning no amount of oppression could halt their eventual freedom. The band reunited in 2011, twenty-one years after splitting up, and has since released two more albums.

Latin Quarter perform live at the Full House club in Hannover, Germany. The British band has a big fan base in Germany.

Latin Quarter is a British band formed in 1983. At this concert, filmed in Hannover, they play "Donovan's Doorway," an ode to the city of Liverpool.

The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, and it looks like it may not be an especially smooth transition. John Oliver goes over the decision on his show "Last Week Tonight."

Daylight saving time doesn’t actually benefit anyone. Strangely, it’s still observed in seventy countries around the world.

In a TEDx Talk, brain researcher Dr. Lara Boyd talks about neuroplasticity, how we learn, and how short-term and long-term memory work.

Lara Boyd talks further about behavior bringing about changes to the brain, and about why it's so hard to recover after a stroke.

Lara Boyd concludes her fascinating talk on the brain, explaining how personalized medicine and biomarkers can apply, not just to recovery from stroke and cancer treatment, but to teaching and learning in everyday life.

Do you like scary movies? If so, New York City's Sunshine Theater is the place for you! It's not only a popular midnight haunt for the horror flick aficionado, but it's also known for cheap reruns of old movies.