Culture

The Rhododendron Conundrum
The Rhododendron Conundrum
Anyone who has read even a glimpse of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca will be aware of the author’s fascination with rhododendrons. The flowers can grow up to one hundred feet... Read more...
Losing Your Hand for Trash Talking the King
Losing Your Hand for Trash Talking the King
Whether you support the British Royal Family or not, that is up to you. But for much of British history, the most vocal group when it comes to the crown... Read more...
That's Shit
That's Shit
The Indian Villagers Firing Clay with Cow Dung Read more...
Boys will be boys (until one of them comes out)
Boys will be boys (until one of them comes out)
For as long as I can recall, issues of hyper-masculinity in the sport industry have always been perennial. Football games are notorious for their rough and rowdy crowds, though after... Read more...
How Emerald Fennell Hollowed Out a Masterpiece
How Emerald Fennell Hollowed Out a Masterpiece
Who gets to represent ‘Britishness’ on screen, and what happens when one of its most regionally grounded stories is stripped of its roots? The cast of Wuthering Heights has generated controversy... Read more...
Ideology Is the Substance of Human Life
Ideology Is the Substance of Human Life
Ideology is usually imagined as something explicit: political programmes, slogans, speeches, elections, Cold War blocs, left and right. We are trained to recognise ideology when it announces itself loudly —... Read more...
The Chronicles of Persepolis: On Iran and Ideology
The Chronicles of Persepolis: On Iran and Ideology
To understand Iran, in cinema, in poetry, in whispered conversations between generations, in the resistance of everyday protests, we should begin not with geopolitics but with storytelling and its expression... Read more...
How the German language is changing to become more gender-inclusive
How the German language is changing to become more gender-inclusive
Language is the basis of communication in every country, and the tool goes simply beyond the word used. German, like many other languages, uses a gender-based system which employs feminine,... Read more...
A tale of two cities, or rather, ten thousand
A tale of two cities, or rather, ten thousand
Cities worldwide are becoming interesting, diverse places to live in based on connections with the world around them. Something as simple as a commute represents much more than we appreciate... Read more...
Why Don’t People Write Letters Anymore?
Why Don’t People Write Letters Anymore?
Receiving a handwritten letter used to be an event. So was writing one. The flair of carefully crafting messages to other people and the intimate effort poured into each stroke... Read more...
How Do you Deal with Racism In a Church?
How Do you Deal with Racism In a Church?
While Christianity preaches that "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28), the lived experiences of... Read more...
A world without Sharnush Parsipur
A world without Sharnush Parsipur
words by Cheryl S. Ezekiel   It's hard to imagine a world without Shahrnush Parsipur — one in which silence replaces defiance and the stories of women yearning for freedom remain untold.... Read more...