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Out of Steam: Is The ‘Franco-German Engine’ Beginning to Sputter?
Out of Steam: Is The ‘Franco-German Engine’ Beginning to Sputter?

Aaron Syposz explores the history of Franco-German relations, and how recent political chaos in both countries may adversely affect a cultural, economic and political partnership that had, until recently, appeared relatively harmonious.

Public university on the brink: Higher education under threat in Argentina
Public university on the brink: Higher education under threat in Argentina

Ella Hartley gives her insight from the ground in Argentina where the country's president, Javier Milei, has vetoed a law angering the higher education community and leading to huge public protests.

French cinema’s reckoning with the #MeToo movement: trop peu trop tard?
French cinema’s reckoning with the #MeToo movement: trop peu trop tard?

Travel: Postcards

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La Vendemmia: the sacred art of grape pressing 
La Vendemmia: the sacred art of grape pressing 
Marrakech is my mother
Marrakech is my mother
A lesson learned from backpackers: embrace chaos, and call it liminality instead!
A lesson learned from backpackers: embrace chaos, and call it liminality instead!

Expanding the vision of cultures, art and languages in Cambridge and beyond.

Le Penseur Auguste Rodin

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Middle East, Central Asia and Africa

Plaza Mayor Madrid

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Year Abroad

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The Past is a Foreign Country
The Past is a Foreign Country
Pearls of Paris I – Opéra Garnier
Pearls of Paris I – Opéra Garnier
Mémoires de Ménilmontant: an ode to the 750(20)
Mémoires de Ménilmontant: an ode to the 750(20)
Treasure Hunting My Way Through Paris
Treasure Hunting My Way Through Paris
Sangria and the City II: Water, Water Every Where
Sangria and the City II: Water, Water Every Where
Reflections of « une étrangère » in France
Reflections of « une étrangère » in France

Asia

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Matcha and the Hierarchy of East Asian Cultures in the UK
Matcha and the Hierarchy of East Asian Cultures in the UK

Rosa explores Matcha, a type of powdered green tea, as a product marketed to the West as entirely Japanese, despite its Chinese origins, and what underlying societal beliefs may be informing our perception of the beverage.

The International City of Shanghai: a ‘Semi-Colonial’ History
The International City of Shanghai: a ‘Semi-Colonial’ History

As the editor of the Asia Section, I chose, as a historian, to explore the story of the International Settlement in Shanghai, a littoral space of colonial hierarchies and inequality, yet of cooperation and growth.

Digestible Jewellery
Digestible Jewellery

Sanna Ali explores her relationship with her Pakistani heritage, and what she learnt about her identity through incorporating Pakistani jewellery into her style.

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View fullsize Cheeky and charming, Nina Bugeja introduces us to her Saint Petersburg, the beautiful women she saw, families she knew and paradoxes that perplexed her.
View fullsize Staff writer Jensen Hawkes takes a critical stance on the German Green party and its anti-nuclear sentiment, having presided over a decrease in clean energy production.
View fullsize In the second instalment of her column, Ella Eagle Davies explores the emotional significance of memory settings through the lens of Taiwanese indie-rock band No Party for Cao Dong, in particular their song “Simon Says”.
View fullsize Izzie Hackett compares a photographic and fictitious volcanic eruption in this first step on her quest to illuminate the wealth of Latin American literature, starting from Domingo Faustino Sarminento’s famous quote ‘las ideas no se matan&
View fullsize Staff Writer, Genevieve Badia-Aylin, explores the political influence of music through an in depth look at Argentinian ska-punk band Todos Tus Muertos, begging readers to ask themselves what political movements are lacking in the UK and suggesting th
View fullsize Vivid, researched and lucid, Columnist Hanna Simojoki’s first instalment of her series on folk epics transports us to Finland in its discussion of the National epic, the Kalevala, and what we can derive from it about belonging, collectivity and
View fullsize Sofia Johnson (Russia, Eastern Europe & Central Asia Editor) surfs the Russian state media platform Ria Novosti and tries to glean its influence on the Russian population.
View fullsize Looking beyond the aesthetic value of street art, Columnist Freya Swinburne delves into the social, cultural and political meanings behind the numerous forms of graffiti found in Berlin.
View fullsize Inês Goes-Marlière points out the extent to which ‘guiri’ mocking has become embedded in Spanish culture, politically charged, as an expression of the consequences of tourism on local communities.

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