Society & Cultures

Looking beyond El Ramillete

Mexico’s invisible workforce and the cycle of exploitation that feeds the country’s agricultural boom

Denmark’s fractured family

The myth of unity between Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands conceals a deep and uneasy divide

Entertainment for sale?

Questions grow about whether Saudi Arabia is fostering real art or merely spectacle in service of the state

When a city loses its name

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

Shades of grey

AI-driven colourisation is transforming historical film footage, but could it also distort the past?

Beats of conspiracy

French rapper Freeze Corleone embodies how conspiracy theories and recycled anti-Masonic tropes seep into youth culture through underground rap

Curtains on risk

How Italy's public theatre is being steered towards safety at the expense of creativity

What 10-year-olds see on their phones

From hypnotic sludge videos to violent clips and beauty tutorials, a trip into Dutch children’s social media feeds

God has gone south

A window into the overlooked history of the the exodus of Vietnam’s Catholic minority from North to South after French withdrawal

Lives parked on the Valencia F1 circuit

On the grounds of an abandoned racetrack, an organised yet precarious settlement the Spanish city of Valencia would rather not see

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