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Who writes history? A detour beyond the official narrative of history
Whether at school or in university, most of us learned about the Paris Peace Conference as a crucial event in European history. Are you...
Paula Nörr
May 8, 2022


The Cultural Fallout of the Cold War
27 October 1962. Far below the surface of the Atlantic, a stone's throw from Cuba in international waters, lies a submarine. Inside,...
Brendan Hogan and Valentina Giolli
May 6, 2022


Marriage in China
Marriage pressure can be felt when relatives make comments such as ‘your clock is ticking’ and ‘it's time to start a family’, or about...
Ekaterina Zemskova
Apr 25, 2022


Abducted Art & Cultural Theft: Cultural Crime and the Market for Illicit Antiquities
In this episode Roo and Simon launch their new series “Abducted Art & Cultural Theft” where they will be interviewing experts to discuss...
Head Editor
Mar 21, 2022


The Crown: a series that immerses you in the royal life
If you are a big fan of the British royal family or you just like to watch what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are doing, — the series...
Ekaterina Zemskova
Mar 16, 2022


The Eternals: Great in Scope, Not in Execution
*SPOILERS AHEAD* Okay, I’ll admit it: I actually enjoy action movies. Not even in an ironic, laughing-at-the-ridiculousness kind of way,...
Victoria Alexander
Mar 9, 2022


The Garden of Earthly Delights (Hieronymus Bosch)
Thinking about art in the fifteenth century, you would not be at fault if the first thing that came to mind would not be some farfetched...
Alodia Heijmans
Mar 3, 2022


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.
Did you also come home for Christmas? “It’s a funny thing. Coming home. Everything looks the same. Feels the same, even smells the same....
Paula Nörr
Feb 16, 2022


A Bell Jar That No Longer Rings
On February 11th, the world’s literary community commemorates fifty-nine years since one of the finest female poets decided to take her...
Ana Navarro Bullo
Feb 11, 2022


The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)
Wind blows across barren wasteland. A hawk cries in the distance. Enter the cowboy in heavy boots and clangorous spurs. Now it can only...
Peter Pelzer
Jan 31, 2022


Dune (2021) - An impressive adaptation of Herbert’s 1965 novel
Since the publication of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel Dune in 1965 and its sequels, the Dune franchise has become widely known...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
Jan 25, 2022


Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Love, coming of age, existential dread, death, and loneliness are some of the main themes that encapsulate this literary ‘masterpiece’....
Leilani Radaideh
Jan 15, 2022


‘Anne With an E’: A Canadian Series as a Lesson of Life
I discovered the Canadian series ‘Anne with an E’ thanks to a friend’s recommendation. I did not expect much because it was not the type...
Léane Del Duca
Jan 14, 2022


Assigning Value to Clothing
A couple of summers ago, my grandmother and I visited her childhood home in her village. Essentially our family's makeshift storage unit,...
Anthi Likitsakos
Dec 29, 2021


Persecution of people with albinism in sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi July 2019, I meet Asiad and Anifa, two sisters of 18 and 12 years old. The older one, Asiad, works on a farm and Anifa still goes...
Meike de Jong
Dec 23, 2021


Terrorism: Our Heritage in Danger
In the twenty-first century, terrorism still murders our heritage, plunders, and robs us of our references. By "our heritage", I mean the...
Léane Del Duca
Dec 14, 2021


The Great Phenomenon of the Gauche Caviar
In the United Kingdom, we use the term “Champagne socialist”, in Germany “Salonkommunist” and in France it is called “Gauche de Salon” or...
Alodia Heijmans
Nov 25, 2021


UN101: What is UNESCO and why should we care about it?
Imagine an agency of the UN that focused on spreading and promoting peace and security through the means of international cooperation in...
Leilani Radaideh
Nov 24, 2021


Finding Pleasure in Tragedy: Possible in Shakespeare’s Hamlet?
Nothing screams ‘feel the positive in the negative’ more than Shakespeare does in many of his intensely morbid plays as he crushes our...
Leilani Radaideh
Nov 17, 2021


Thoughts on rationality, empathy and asymmetry
You are born into this world as a vessel of a singular perception, an individual entity in possession of an individual consciousness. You...
Céline Zahno
May 22, 2021
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