On December 4th this year, the CEO of UnitedHealthCare Brian Thomson was shot dead as he was walking to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel...

‘You must pay your cat tax!’ is what Chinese users of Red Note, also known as Xiaohongshu, are demanding of new American users. The cat...

The Space Between the Snow and the Sparrows After a tiresome trip, I made it back home for Christmas. I had not been feeling it this...

In 100 Years of the Fashion Film ,  Marketa Uhlirova describes the relationship between fashion and cinema as a “mutual attraction.”  In...

Knitting is going through a revival across social media, but in Norway, it was never dead. When I started my exchange in Trondheim,...

The Spanish monarchy  is a subject of significant divide within Spanish society. Indeed, the royal family raises many questions from a...

For the next two weeks, in addition to their weekly magazines and newspapers, millions of Swedes will receive in their mailboxes what...

Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977) was a novelist and a diarist who, in her tender, soulful works, tangled the imaginative nature of fiction with...

Once again, students have shown what they are capable of. After the catastrophic flooding in Valencia, which cost over 200 lives and...

Top foods for skin health, supplements for longevity, cold plunges, blue light blocking glasses, inflammation, red light therapy,...

Founded in 1980 by Thierry Pick in his parents' garage in France, Clinitex  is now a major player in professional cleaning, with over...

The republic of Türkiye, majorly known as Turkey internationally, is a country in the Middle East famous for its tourist spots and...

Most microstates come into being through a quirk of history. Take the Vatican, for example, created in a compromise between the Pope and...

As the days get rainier, windier, and colder, autumn brings with it an air of melancholy. It is once again the season of yearning through...

“Journalism was not a child's dream”, says Wilson Fache, winner of the Albert Londres Prize and independent war reporter born in...

The day is humid as heat blankets the pedestrians walking through the streets of Hong Kong. The sound of lapping water from the harbour...

Sunday Summary 02-06-2024: Last week saw the conclusion of three more elections in the veritable voting bonanza that is 2024 and all...

As the cold city becomes slightly warmer, thoughts of the up-and-coming summer fill our minds. What are you going to do? Visit family? Go...

There are walls. Grey walls, towering ominously into the sky. Some of them have ropes or ladders to climb them, some are naked. Some are...

In anticipation of Museum Night on April 19th, a friend and I went to Alison Jackson's exhibition "Truth is Dead" which is being...

At Marres, the House for Contemporary Culture in Maastricht, the visitor and not the artist is at the center of attention. The space at...

Taylor Swift. At this point, one may be sick at the mere mention of her name. The singer-songwriter has been in the spotlight for over 15...

If you are a language enthusiast, chances are you’ve already received those Duolingo notifications reminding you that it was time for...

Alleycat Maastricht, bringing the Bike Messenger Community back If you go around the city of Maastricht, riding your bike randomly, maybe...

For the past month, the streets and skies of Istanbul have been coloured with a sea of red and white flags flapping alongside portraits...

Attempting to escape from the capitalist society in which I live- gosh, my life is so hard- I've endeavored away from consumption this...

As I enter the room, daylight shines through brightly painted windows, casting warm, playful reflections of light on the walls covered...

Tips to avoid pitfalls and enhance your positive impact International volunteering is a fast-changing and exponentially growing field....

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The year is 2045. Osuitok, now an old man, steps out of his truck, puts on his jacket and backpack, and sets off. His destination is the...

Ever heard of FGM? Whether you have or not, it would be useful to clarify that this acronym stands for Female Genital Mutilation,...

Sometimes I remember the cheesy, pink sunsets that I watched with my friends in Croatia, the fun we had, talking about life or going...

It is no surprise that this year’s MET Gala was no different than any other. The event was star studded with A-List celebrities, to CEOs...

Have you ever heard about ChatGPT? If you don’t live under a rock then the answer is probably yes. ChatGPT, an Artificial Intelligence...

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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...

When I started telling people I was going on an exchange to Estonia, I faced mixed reactions. Overall, people were surprised and puzzled...

Blurb: In this piece, Leilani walks you through Francis Bacon’s 1973 Triptych. Here we dive deep into the grotesque, ugly, and cold.

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...

There is nothing quite like swiping through Tinder and every girl in a straight-passing relationship greets you with a selfie of her and...

Whether at school or in university, most of us learned about the Paris Peace Conference as a crucial event in European history. Are you...

27 October 1962. Far below the surface of the Atlantic, a stone's throw from Cuba in international waters, lies a submarine. Inside,...

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In this episode Roo and Simon launch their new series “Abducted Art & Cultural Theft” where they will be interviewing experts to discuss...

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...

*SPOILERS AHEAD* Okay, I’ll admit it: I actually enjoy action movies. Not even in an ironic, laughing-at-the-ridiculousness kind of way,...

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...

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....

On February 11th, the world’s literary community commemorates fifty-nine years since one of the finest female poets decided to take her...

Wind blows across barren wasteland. A hawk cries in the distance. Enter the cowboy in heavy boots and clangorous spurs. Now it can only...