
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,…
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,…
I found Barbie again during 2020’s COVID lockdown. Indoors, confined to Juicy Couture tracksuits, I was missing excuses to express my hyper-femininity through clothing,…
Travel is back in full swing this summer, and so is bad behaviour by tourists. Popular destinations have seen an uptick in incidents involving…
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 oil palm industry likes to present itself as a success story in fighting rural poverty in tropical countries, an image supported by a…
Four small artefacts found on the island of Tongatapu, Tonga are among the earliest tattooing equipment known. Two have been found to be made…
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…
Tickets, money, passports! We all know what to check for during that last minute packing panic. But preparing for your holidays is about more…
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…
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…
Under Soviet rule until 1990, the Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – lived in fear, hunger and censorship. Books, magazines and rock…
The idea of a four-day working week is gaining traction. Recently, several high-profile companies have trialled reduced hours. And in the UK, the Labour Party has…
Mainstream politics in Europe and North America is increasingly divided into two hostile camps: on one side are conservative reactionaries who glorify imperialism and…
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…
The scars of a country brutally bled of almost two million people are still embedded in every aspect of Cambodia today. The roots of…
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…
Since widespread protests started in October 2019 in Chile, social media has become a key way for artists and activists to circulate and exchange…
What could be more important than sustaining habitable living conditions on Earth? Climate change, biodiversity loss and other environmental problems demand changes on an…
The culture of opposition is an ever-evolving landscape and the role of protest, as an expression of this opposition, has changed significantly over the…
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…