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…
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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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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…
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…
Urban/Rural by Harender Grewal
The theme of my photography project is the contrast between urban and rural life. While many people portray rural areas as backward and monochromatic,…
The carbon emissions of celebrities
The jet-setting habits of Bill Gates and Paris Hilton mean that they produce an astonishing 10,000 times more carbon emissions from flying than the…
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…
Using the Bible against LGBTQ+ people is an abuse of scripture
The Church of England issued pastoral guidance from the House of Bishops to its clergy on January 23, following the legal introduction of heterosexual…
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…
Book clubs and the Blitz: how WWII Britons kept calm and got reading
These are unprecedented times – but, even so, comparisons are being made to the second world war in terms of the magnitude of the…
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…
Death of the Hipster: are we living in a post-ironic world?
In a world that is perpetually obsessed with labels, I found myself thinking about the concept of the ‘hipster’ and what had happened to…
