Film review: The Kid Detective
What is it that makes a slight, inconsequential movie like “The Kid Detective” tap on your bedroom windows to keep you awake at night thinking about it? It’s a shaggy dog story of sorts about...
A woman of hope and courage
On August 4, 2020, the port of Beirut suddenly exploded. After Australian bushfire season, the Covid-19 pandemic, the explosion of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, the death of George...
The outrageous expenses of going home: international students in the UK stuck due to Covid test costs
By Maria Valenstain & Alex Apostolou Kolmaniotis Travelling home for Christmas from UK universities is set to be an unprecedented challenge this year for international students. In the academic...
Social media heroes part thirty eight: images, videos and stories of unity and fun
We all need to wind down, especially in these troubling times. There is so much to process that it can all get overwhelming. If your way to relax includes being amused, entertained or moved then you...
Podcast Showcase: Rebel Uprising
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to Rebel Uprising. Sum up your podcast in three...
Traces of Italian Colonialism in the work of Eritrean artist Dawit L. Petros
There is still a profound failure of Italian public memory when it comes to to properly coming to terms with its colonial past. It is important to discuss the issue as Italy represents the first...
Angel Olsen introduces All Mirror’s darker twin on her latest release
Angel Olsen’s fans have just finished sobbing along to her previous album, All Mirrors (2019), whose tracks sorted through her reflections after the disintegration of a five-year relationship. And...
We’re all just trying to get by
Pandemic shaming doesn’t work. In fact, it can be harmful. HIV prevention specialists have already weighed in on this. If you want a specific example, consider my paternal grandmother, an...
From making to distributing vaccines: how will it work?
Finally, we have good news in the last days of 2020. Nearly a year after the outbreak of the coronavirus, scientists have stated they made vaccines against Covid-19. To date, more than 58 million...
Social media heroes part thirty seven: images, videos and stories of unity and fun
2020 is crawling to an end and many are planning festivities for next month, though how much socialising will be allowed remains to be seen. But hopes for a vaccine are improving every day and,...