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…
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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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Trillions of cigarette butts are littered each year and it’s damaging environment
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Ancient Tattooing in Polynesia: World’s oldest toolkit found in Tonga
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Brutalism in Tangier, Morocco’s most artistic city
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Tea and Heroin with a Tribal Chief in Al Qaeda Territory
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Collage art and activism in Chile: Instagram posts building on the legacy of Latin American ‘mail art’
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Democracy in the Animal Kingdom. Read how animals vote to make group decisions
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Toilet graffiti: secrets, support and solidarity in the women’s restroom
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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…
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…
Collage art and activism in Chile: Instagram posts building on the legacy of Latin American ‘mail art’
Since widespread protests started in October 2019 in Chile, social media has become a key way for artists and activists to circulate and exchange…
Democracy in the Animal Kingdom. Read how animals vote to make group decisions
Today we opt for ballot boxes, but humans have used numerous ways of voting to have their say throughout history. However, we’re not the…
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,…
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…
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…
It’s not just grime – council estates produce all sorts of art
The music video for grime artist Skepta’s award-winning single “Shut Down” is shot in the concrete courtyard of an inner city council estate. With…
Which diet will help save our planet: climatarian, flexitarian, vegetarian or vegan?
The food we consume has a massive impact on our planet. Agriculture takes up half the habitable land on Earth, destroys forests and other…
