There's a huge leap between a good idea and a living breathing entity, so excuse us if we are a bit excited at having Expereience My Culture alive!

When we started a conversation months ago about how people have more to gain from the things they have in common than their differences, we couldn't have dreamed that Barack Obama would have been using virtually the same words in his speech in Egypt.

But then it is so true isn't it? We have riches to gain from people around us - and the world to lose by shutting ourselves away from each other.

Experience My Culture is here to give us space to share the things in our cultures we are proud of, talk about them, even challenge some of them, to learn things from other cultures too.

We are here too though, to have a think about what culture actually means. After all there are cultures that cross and counter cross all the time. Cultures drawn from sport, work or hobbies just to scratch the surface.

So join in by registering a profile and sharing the things that matter to you.

Keep an eye on the Experience My Culture blog and we'll keep you updated with news as the site develops. Oh, and don't forget to follow us on Twitter - @Expmyculture - for up to the minute cultural news and interesting facts.