Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Friday, October 30, 2026
At an obvious level, the distinction between fact and fiction is clear: a story can be about factual truths or imaginative ones. Sean Sheehan Robert Lewis Stevenson’s “Treasure island” is a fictional story so there is no point in trying to get rich by searching through the […]
Equality and fairness are, by contrast, work in progress. The title of the film “Man up” is 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 […]
Maysoon Pachachi’s harrowing glimpse of daily life in 2006 Baghdad. Ahead of its UK release in the Autumn, here’s our review of Our River…Our Sky (aka Kulshi Makoo in Arabic), Iraqi filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi’s most recent feature film. Abla Kandalaft, carrie, Viewing Pleasure* Enjoy your summer, everyone! Set in Baghdad […]
But character changes, as action informs attitudes (and vice-versa) and a prosocial culture and consequent character is emergent. Nigel Pocock . In a western world premised on a culture of denial of differences, is a concept of ‘national character’ meaningful? Or a basis for harmful stereotyping? Can we learn […]
In Russia, Poland and Hungary, the oppressive narrative claims that recognizing LGBTQ+ rights was another surrender to the spread of ‘Western’ values. The situation can be seen as a culture war, in which people’s attitudes to LGBTQ+ people are being co-opted by groups on both sides of the political spectrum, while stopping short of criminalization of them.
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