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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Ancient Tattooing in Polynesia: World’s oldest toolkit found in Tonga
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How inequality shapes your experience of a heatwave
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Cambodia: A Forgotten Generation
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How black slaves were routinely sold as ‘specimens’ to ambitious white doctors
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The World’s Most Delicious Heritage: An Interview with Grandmas Project founder Jonas Pariente
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The Museum Of Broken Relationships
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Dougie Wallace interview: Road Wallah – a requiem to Mumbai’s cab drivers in photos
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How to assess political stability? Follow the bread path
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Surviving climate change means transforming both economics and design
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Gurus, gas attacks and pubic hair: the strange history of Japan’s new religions
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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…
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…
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…
The human cost of palm oil development
The oil palm industry likes to present itself as a success story in fighting rural poverty in tropical countries, an image supported by a…
Your choice of holiday destination is a political act
Tickets, money, passports! We all know what to check for during that last minute packing panic. But preparing for your holidays is about more…
The surprising role cheese played in human evolution
A solid white mass found in a broken jar in an Ancient Egyptian tomb has turned out to be the world’s oldest example of…
How black slaves were routinely sold as ‘specimens’ to ambitious white doctors
The history of human experimentation is as old as the practice of medicine and in the modern era has always targeted disadvantaged, marginalised, institutionalised,…
The World’s Most Delicious Heritage: An Interview with Grandmas Project founder Jonas Pariente
What do you remember your grandmother cooking, Knedle, Lait du poule Mechi, or Molokheya? These are just some of the recipes included in the…
The Museum Of Broken Relationships
The Museum of Broken Relationships: there is always someone who is left behind. Heartbreak. We’ve all been there; one minute you’re deliriously happy with…
Dougie Wallace interview: Road Wallah – a requiem to Mumbai’s cab drivers in photos
Words by Alex Durham The evolution of India’s modernising metropolis is bittersweet. As an environmentally conscious model city emerges, Mumbai’s iconic Padmini taxis are…
Far-right extremists keep co-opting Norse symbolism – here’s why
Payton Gendron, the suspect in the killing of ten people in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, is the latest far-right extremist to…
How to assess political stability? Follow the bread path
When Egyptians were protesting in 2011, they held up a piece of bread and demanded “bread, freedom and social justice”. Since the 2007-8 and…
Surviving climate change means transforming both economics and design
What could be more important than sustaining habitable living conditions on Earth? Climate change, biodiversity loss and other environmental problems demand changes on an…
From Palestine to Zambia: WOMAD’s Celebration of Global Sounds
WOMAD, now in its 42nd year, continues to be a unique celebration of global music, blending culture, politics, and art into a weekend of…