Tea and Heroin with a Tribal Chief in Al Qaeda Territory
There’s something about the title tribal chief that evokes images of grey beards, charismatic eyes, and charming smiles. I’d been expecting Gandalf. But this…
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Tea and Heroin with a Tribal Chief in Al Qaeda Territory
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Cambodia: A Forgotten Generation
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Toilet graffiti: secrets, support and solidarity in the women’s restroom
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How inequality shapes your experience of a heatwave
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Psychedelics: how they act on the brain to relieve depression
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Why do national anthems cause so much trouble?
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Berlin Wall: how techno music united Germany on the dance floor
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The surprising academic origins of memes
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Instagram is making you a worse tourist
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Cambodia: A Forgotten Generation
The scars of a country brutally bled of almost two million people are still embedded in every aspect of Cambodia today. The roots of…
Toilet graffiti: secrets, support and solidarity in the women’s restroom
Communicating has never been so easy; we can to send messages and texts to friends and strangers in an instant from a variety of…
How inequality shapes your experience of a heatwave
When the mercury rises, does your anxiety rise with it? If so, you are not alone. According to the UK’s Office for National Statistics,…
Art from Under the Iron Thumb
Under Soviet rule until 1990, the Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – lived in fear, hunger and censorship. Books, magazines and rock…
Psychedelics: how they act on the brain to relieve depression
Up to 30% of people with depression don’t respond to treatment with antidepressants. This may be down to differences in biology between patients and…
In Iran and beyond, arrests of singers and dancers show how music can be a powerful tool of resistance
Iranian women are prohibited from singing and dancing in public. Yet many are posting videos on social media dancing and singing along to singer…
Why do national anthems cause so much trouble?
Canadian MPs have voted in favour of making their country’s national anthem, O Canada, gender neutral, replacing the words “in all thy sons command”…
Berlin Wall: how techno music united Germany on the dance floor
In the wake of the demolition of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, something strange and wonderful happened. Youth from both East and West…
The surprising academic origins of memes
There’s never a dull moment on the internet, and that’s got a lot to do with the fact that the content shared online is…
Instagram is making you a worse tourist
Travel is back in full swing this summer, and so is bad behaviour by tourists. Popular destinations have seen an uptick in incidents involving…
China’s Van Gogh: From Copying to Creating
Multiple independent Chinese films were screened as part of the Chinese Visual Festival in London this May. I was fortunate enough to catch Yu…
Trillions of cigarette butts are littered each year and it’s damaging environment
It’s amazing how quickly people have ditched plastic straws thanks to campaigns to discourage us from using such “pointless plastic”. Yet rarely do we…
Ancient Tattooing in Polynesia: World’s oldest toolkit found in Tonga
Four small artefacts found on the island of Tongatapu, Tonga are among the earliest tattooing equipment known. Two have been found to be made…
Brutalism in Tangier, Morocco’s most artistic city
Commanding magnificent views over the city of Tangier and the Atlantic ocean, the villa of Berber architect Mokhtar El Boufounas is a surrealist design…
