Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, is an illegal drug in the Netherlands. Yet Dutch streets are inundated with empty canisters, often labelled “FastGas”. Where do the canisters come from, and...
The Strongest Drug A video from August 2020 on the YouTube channel of the missionary Nilton Pereira shows the evangelical preacher holding a bible in his hands. He is wearing a...
Translator reviews the translation of a famous painting – into a book Reviewed by Fairuza Hanun I first heard about the portrait Annah La Janvanaise. Aita tamari vahine Judith te parari by Paul...
Why the myth of unity between Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands conceals a deep and uneasy divide In Eftertryk, Dánial Magnusson Haraldsen unravels the contradictions at the heart of what...
As Riyadh’s entertainment empire expands under Vision 2030, questions grow about whether Saudi Arabia is fostering real art or merely spectacle in service of the state When Saudi Arabia announced...
Fifteen years after Masan, Jinhae and Changwon were merged into a single “megacity”, residents still grapple with the loss of their local identities and autonomy “Everything was taken away, even...
AI-driven colourisation is transforming historical film footage, but could digitally adding colour risk distorting how we see the past and what we take to be authentic? When asked in an...
French rapper Freeze Corleone embodies how conspiracy theories and recycled anti-Masonic tropes seep into youth culture through the underground rap scene. In his essay “Rap et anti-maçonnerie, étude d’un cas...
Italy’s summer theatre season should be a celebration, but this year it’s overshadowed by cuts that punish risk and reward conformity. Graziano Graziani reveals how public theatre is being steered...
Finnish street art’s unconventional champion talks about breaking norms, building bridges and giving walls a second life Jouni Väätänen, better known as Mr. Purkutaide, has made a career out of...
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