By preparing dishes from her homeland she not only offers a helping hand to her fellow citizens but also delights Londoners with these flavours from Colombia. Marcos Ortiz. F. She is one of those people who just keeps on smiling. Not even the memory of leaving her […]
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Jaime Flórez and his thousand adventures in London
Dedicated to teaching English today, Jaime Flórez has spent more than half of his life living in the UK. However, in the past, he worked as a translator, bartender, motorcycle courier, and cleaner. Today he talks about how he zigzagged through life. Marcos Ortiz F. The day Jaime […]
Jorge Navarrete… a migrant, a worker, a father
Ecuadorian by birth, he has been working as a plumber in London for two years. Although he does not speak English fluently, he works hard here for the sake of his child. Yi ZOU Like most of the foreigners looking for a better life and a brighter future, […]
Tomás Sánchez, a painter in the labyrinth of the mind
In the suburb of San Antonio de Escazú, this Cuban painter’s house looks a lot like one of his pictures. It was drawn, line by line, using the same technique used for his large format landscapes.
Stereotyping, or the art of domination
By ‘stereotyping’, we refer to labelling a person or culture with particular characteristics, whether ‘good’ or ‘bad’. In education, it is said that the student becomes ‘what the label denotes’. Nigel Pocock The label therefore becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. A student labelled an ‘idiot’ becomes one. There are […]
















