Islamophobia is sweeping across Britain. Attacks represent a real minority of recorded incidents, yet they dominate press headlines and public perception. The same violent act is labelled terrorism when committed by an Islamist, but hate crime when it targets a follower of that faith. Two standards, one reality. (The Prisma […]
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Teaching survival: A classroom in the chaos
In Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp, 800 untrained teachers manage classes of up to 200 children. Volunteer Casey Pearson is transforming education through teacher training, language programmes and classroom management techniques, offering hope amid one of the world’s most prolonged displacement crises. Deborah Torr Imagine that today is the […]
An immigrant mother crossing borders for her son
A story to remember. Karol arrived in Bristol after Spain’s economic crisis prevented her from working as a teacher. Years later, following the end of her relationship, the custody dispute over her younger son intensified when Rafael took the boy to Spain and he subsequently went missing during a visit. […]
A migrant journey shaped by work and study
Having left Ecuador for Spain as a five-year-old, Verónica found herself emigrating again 17 years later. She now lives in south London, studies English alongside her cleaning job and plans to go to university, while recalling both the opportunities and difficulties faced by Latin American migrants. When Veronica was only […]
Waking up to Finnegan
James Joyce’s “Finnegans wake” has long been studied but learning how to read the book is a different if complementary matter. A good way to begin is by listening to its unique soundscapes and rhythms. Sean Sheehan With a copy of the novel’s opening pages before you– the […]
















