A study carried out by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has revealed that in the United Kingdom the middle and upper classes create a ‘glass ceiling’ that prevents their children from dropping down the social scale, and serve as a support in guaranteeing their offspring the best paid […]
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Are we all equal in the UK? Human up
A film with the title “Man Up” is currently on the screens. It’s a traditional expression to encourage like-a-man behaviour, like-a-traditional-man behaviour: get yourself together and be tough. ‘Human up’ is a much richer expression. Mabel Encinas This film made me think that an alternative encouraging and cheering […]
Renato Rocha: accelerating understanding of diversity
He is the Director of ‘Acelere’ the production by Circolombia now in London: a different way of using art as a means of social integration. The Prisma’s Memoirs. May 2015 Interview: Juanjo Andrés Cuervo Born in Brazil, Renato Rocha has spent many years working in London. His main […]
Through the eyes of a Kobane refugee
“Displaced” … This word is used to encompass the lives of those caught up in one of the worst humanitarian crises this century. People are doing everything they can to continue their daily lives as if there were no war. A photography exhibition has taken on the task of portraying […]
A Noah´s Ark to save humanity
On the 25th of December, a ship will depart from Southampton destined for the islands of the South Pacific, to warn of their slow disappearance caused by the actions of mankind. Entire nations are suffering the consequences of a slow rise in sea levels as global warming melts the […]