I have lived in London for six years, and it is without doubt that this pandemic has given rise to the strangest period in all of this time. Although I long for the freedom to travel, I look to make the most of this time, studying through books, documentaries and […]
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The EU and Covid: the lack of solidarity within
In 2020, the entire world is facing the worst health crisis in recent history, and the EU is neither prepared nor united to face it. Glenda Arcia Since the first cases of non-imported Covid-19 were detected in the EU (28th January, in Germany), members of the bloc acted […]
A metaphysics of presence: philosophy in corona-time
There are levels of response to Covid. We see increased expressions of commitment to others: e.g. volunteering with food deliveries, or sign-ups to community newsgroups. Steve Latham However, there is also the need for these same food deliveries, to families with parents laid-off, or ‘furloughed’ (where the money […]
Racism in photography
Visual representations of race are shot through with racist attitudes and “Decolonising the camera” examines this through a series of case studies. Sean Sheehan In 1945, Life magazine – a large-format (36cm by 26cm) and hugely influential publication – produced six pages of photographs showing the horrors that […]
A legacy of slavery: an inherited attitude of perpetrators vs. victims
What are the attitudes of both groups? What are the implications for social justice and for the healing of past hurts? Nigel Pocock Perpetrators: As you read this, people are screaming in pain, and longing for death. A torturer exercises his instrumental, and possibly, sadistic, will on them. […]
















