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Not another 18-year-old

The culture of keeping servants and house help differs a lot from country to country. In the western side of the world, it is considered uncommon. Whereas on the South Asian side, it is completely the opposite. In every second house, one can find a house-help or a servant working, and many find it as […]

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Social media: is labelling culture making or breaking us? 

Before social media seeped into every aspect of modern life, people were only educated the basics of sexuality. You were straight, gay, or bisexual. The newly circulating term ‘LGBTQIAA+’, has attracted mass attention, predominantly on TikTok. I say ‘newly’ lightly, as this term has existed for over five years, but is flourishing now within a […]

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Global nomad: Bethany Isenberg explains what it’s like to see the world

Bethany Isenberg, 50, began travelling as soon as she got a passport at the age of 15. She and her family originally came from Ukraine, but her parents immigrated when she was young to New Hampshire, where she grew up. Since little, Isenberg always dreamed of moving away and discovering new countries. She used books […]

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K-pop: a billion pound industry funded on racism?

On March 21st, Twice member Chaeyoung posted to Instagram a photo of her wearing a t-shirt with a swastika. This was followed by her wearing a t-shirt with a Qanon logo on their promotions for their third number one album Ready To Be. This incident has led to a discussion of racism, cultural appropriation and […]

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Tatenda Shamiso taking the West End by storm

Tatenda Shamiso is a half-Belgian, half-Zimbabwean multidisciplinary theatre maker who spent their youth between the US and Switzerland before moving to London, where they have achieved acclaim and success in the industry. What projects have you been involved in recently? I have been working on A Streetcar Named Desire. I have been there since October. […]