Pearls in the current of time
Elizabeth I when a Princess
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Chloé Leplatre
- Feb 9
Becoming a woman (title in progress)
I am becoming a woman, that’s what everyone says. I don’t even really know what that means, I never looked in the dictionary to find a...
Alodia Heijmans
- Feb 2
Estonia, a state fractured in several worlds
When I started telling people I was going on an exchange to Estonia, I faced mixed reactions. Overall, people were surprised and puzzled...
Leilani Radaideh
- Jan 31
Bacon’s 1973 Triptych: Death on a Toilet Seat
Blurb: In this piece, Leilani walks you through Francis Bacon’s 1973 Triptych. Here we dive deep into the grotesque, ugly, and cold.
Ana Navarro Bullo
- Dec 9, 2022
One victory sour for Argentina, please
There was no sun getting through the holes of the tangled curtain of our room’s window. Humid, densely hot and cloudy began a day in...
Ziggy Stardust
- Sep 23, 2022
Am I greedy or is it “just a phase”? - The Bisexual Experience
There is nothing quite like swiping through Tinder and every girl in a straight-passing relationship greets you with a selfie of her and...
Paula Nörr
- May 8, 2022
Who writes history? A detour beyond the official narrative of history
Whether at school or in university, most of us learned about the Paris Peace Conference as a crucial event in European history. Are you...
Brendan Hogan and Valentina Giolli
- May 6, 2022
The Cultural Fallout of the Cold War
27 October 1962. Far below the surface of the Atlantic, a stone's throw from Cuba in international waters, lies a submarine. Inside,...
Ekaterina Zemskova
- Apr 25, 2022
Marriage in China
Marriage pressure can be felt when relatives make comments such as ‘your clock is ticking’ and ‘it's time to start a family’, or about...
Head Editor
- Mar 21, 2022
Abducted Art & Cultural Theft: Cultural Crime and the Market for Illicit Antiquities
In this episode Roo and Simon launch their new series “Abducted Art & Cultural Theft” where they will be interviewing experts to discuss...
Ekaterina Zemskova
- Mar 16, 2022
The Crown: a series that immerses you in the royal life
If you are a big fan of the British royal family or you just like to watch what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are doing, — the series...
Victoria Alexander
- Mar 9, 2022
The Eternals: Great in Scope, Not in Execution
*SPOILERS AHEAD* Okay, I’ll admit it: I actually enjoy action movies. Not even in an ironic, laughing-at-the-ridiculousness kind of way,...
Alodia Heijmans
- Mar 3, 2022
The Garden of Earthly Delights (Hieronymus Bosch)
Thinking about art in the fifteenth century, you would not be at fault if the first thing that came to mind would not be some farfetched...
Paula Nörr
- Feb 16, 2022
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.
Did you also come home for Christmas? “It’s a funny thing. Coming home. Everything looks the same. Feels the same, even smells the same....
Ana Navarro Bullo
- Feb 11, 2022
A Bell Jar That No Longer Rings
On February 11th, the world’s literary community commemorates fifty-nine years since one of the finest female poets decided to take her...
Peter Pelzer
- Jan 31, 2022
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)
Wind blows across barren wasteland. A hawk cries in the distance. Enter the cowboy in heavy boots and clangorous spurs. Now it can only...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- Jan 25, 2022
Dune (2021) - An impressive adaptation of Herbert’s 1965 novel
Since the publication of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel Dune in 1965 and its sequels, the Dune franchise has become widely known...
Leilani Radaideh
- Jan 15, 2022
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Love, coming of age, existential dread, death, and loneliness are some of the main themes that encapsulate this literary ‘masterpiece’....
Léane Del Duca
- Jan 14, 2022
‘Anne With an E’: A Canadian Series as a Lesson of Life
I discovered the Canadian series ‘Anne with an E’ thanks to a friend’s recommendation. I did not expect much because it was not the type...
Anthi Likitsakos
- Dec 29, 2021
Assigning Value to Clothing
A couple of summers ago, my grandmother and I visited her childhood home in her village. Essentially our family's makeshift storage unit,...
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