The whole world knows what Israel is doing but the historical background – what took place in 1948 – is not as well known. Salman Abu Sitta was a child of ten when it happened and he remembers what took place in his memoir “Mapping my return”. Sean Sheehan […]
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Theatre in the skies
Bird photography took flight when limitations in the technology were overcome in the 21st century. The 200 photographs by more than fifty practitioners of the art that make up “Aviary: the bird in contemporary photography” bear astonishing testimony to what is n possible. Sean Sheehan The book’s two […]
Context is not something random, it has a history
Personal relationships are political and in these interactions power relationships are established, which concern people’s social and personal backgrounds at the same time, backgrounds that are borne of their life experiences. A colleague of mine was telling me how she felt awkward speaking to her university tutor, who is a […]
Cova da Moura seeks shelter in the political storm
The economic and housing crises in Portugal provide fuel for right-wing anti-migrant rhetoric, while property speculators try every means to get hold of land whose value is increasing as a result. Proposed changes to migration law have led to protests by the Brazilian Government. “This is a crisis time for migrants in Portugal”, says Jakilson Pereira.
From London, Mayra Crean studies, fights and teaches others
She has lived in London since she was 19. Here she studies, fights and works as an educator. The twists and turns of her life led her to address challenges in public health and inequality in low-income populations, always with an eye on her Ecuadorean and Latin American communities. […]
















