Travel, commentaries, and features
An Ode to Cotswold Stones
Celebrating the staddle, trough, and dry stone wall.
Quelling Sunsets
How are we draining the sky of its colours?
Trying on a brighter day; a reflection on face painting in Ukraine.
Face painting, pizza and dancing should be a rite of passage for children – something to indulge in, not a distraction from war.
Diaries from a dorm room in Hanoi
There you lie, in your ten-person mixed-sex dormitory. How ruinous can a young man in your bed-chamber really be?
Mama Vuvi
She is Mama: matriarch of family, business, and the valley.
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Teams to armies. Bullets to art.
Nestled in the slope of Mount Trebevic, Sarajevo’s bobsleigh track winds through the bitten memories of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s history.
One to watch: musician Baby Maker
Baby Maker's dry-wit lyrics toying with evocative rhymes make him one to watch on Oxford’s up-and-coming music scene.
Since when did cats become so political?
Now, don’t get me wrong, political pieces aren’t usually where I get my daily dose of the feline 411, but I was struck by how critical cats are to our current politics.
Death by Saproxylic Beetle
A More-than-human Reading of Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
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Little victories for animal welfare. The UK Government backs a Bill on pet importation.
Last month the UK Government pushed out one positive piece of news to inject our nation with a bit of festive spirit: a crackdown on illegal pet smuggling.
Love and Other Dogs
Are pets a window to the soul? Or is this just another pop psych fad?
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Can animal actors finally retire? A definite positive in the future of AI.
From the mundane to the sublime, humanity’s rhythms are being reattuned every day to the capacities of the digital universe.
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HRT; a new topic in the spotlight
Menopause medication explored
