The web’s top three #109
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
The truths uncovered by the movie Simón that explain the crimes against humanity in Venezuela
Fiction can be an incredibly effective vehicle to deliver the world's most heartbreaking stories. Simón, directed and written by Diego Vicentini, follows the repression, torture methods and crimes...
The 6 crucial environmental documentaries we should all watch on Earth Day
Every April 22 every year, International Mother Earth Day is celebrated. The purpose of Earth Day is to raise awareness and support for the protection of the environment and biodiversity. The first...
Democracy, disenfranchisement, and elections around the world
Over half the world’s population, over four billion people will go to the polls in 2024, in elections being held in over forty countries. The United Kingdom and the United States will both have...
Uzbekistan’s rise as an important regional actor
Uzbekistan is an energy-rich Central Asian nation with large reserves of natural gas, oil and coal. As such, it aims to strengthen its economic, political, and military role in the region. But how...
The web’s top three #108
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
Podcast Showcase: Flip the Switch
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 Flip the Switch. Sum up your podcast in three...
Workout music to keep you fit! What should you listen to to stay energized?
If you gave up your gym membership in the first few months of this year, don't be too hard on yourself, maintaining a fitness routine can be really tough. However, if you want to enjoy these nice...
Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression
Sergey Katsuba, University College Dublin Just over three decades after Russia decriminalised homosexuality in 1993, three people have been arrested and charged under the country’s harsh new...
Will Serbia become a French nuclear dump?
While France continues to lose influence in its former African colonies, Paris is reportedly aiming to strengthen its economic presence in Serbia. For the European Union’s second largest economy,...