Ana Ramos arrived in London from Colombia when she was eleven. She quickly felt at home but would discover she had ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia years after having to retake her A-levels twice. With her diagnoses, she graduated from university and has worked as a paralegal and across the civil […]
Author: ThePrisma
The UK and Colombia: dignity and the principle of reciprocity
Beyond the reasons given by the United Kingdom’s diplomatic corps to justify the willingness to once again demand visas for Colombians, this measure is hostile, unfriendly and arrogant. Germán Ayala Osorio A few Colombians lying on their asylum applications should not have motivated this hostile decision, particularly when […]
Music to celebrate winter in the UK
New England vocal quartet Windborne have released their new album + illustrated songbook “To warm the winter hearth”, a collection of songs of solstice and winter music. Performed in English, Occitan and Lithuanian, it is a work of art with songs from the rich US-American, English and European folk libraries. […]
This is London at its most impersonal
Thousands of people move quickly from side to side oblivious to anything not work-related. This is London at its most impersonal.– – Javier Marcos – The never ending toing and froing renders it inescapable, with impeccably turned out businessmen going from side to side, glued to their mobile phones. They […]
Photographing the past in the present
The Prix Pictet is an international award to photographers for their work in raising consciousness of important environmental and social issues. “Collage” is the title of the book bringing together some of the women photographers who have been nominated or shortlisted for the award since it began in 2008. […]