Europe

When you come from outside, you approach things differently

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...

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 What was once a showcase for speed and spectacle...

Inside Serbia’s Student Protest

Serbia’s largest student movement in decades is challenging President Vučić’s grip on power, demanding accountability and new elections amid violent crackdowns and waning EU criticism It’s the middle of summer,...

Agius’s Bet

A fascinating investigation into how a Maltese criminal recently convicted of murder tried to make his way in the pan-Mediterranean betting world Some way into this deeply researched article from...

Journalism in Burkina Faso: “submit or disappear”

This spring, authorities in Burkina Faso kidnapped two leading figures of the country’s independent press in a chilling escalation of media repression “Like a seed that is sown, which germinates...

One must cultivate one’s own garden

In a working-class suburb of Paris, a decades-old allotment area is under threat. The fight to save the Jardins ouvriers des Vertus is more than just a tussle between gardeners...

And so it flows

Sophia Smith Galer looks at an article, and a doctoral thesis, about the Venetian-origin dialect once prevalent in the city of Fiume/Rijeka, now ever more endangered Cities where many languages...

Legalise Comedy

Romania’s evolving political satire reveals what jokes can say and what they can’t In this thoughtful and subtly sharp essay, Romanian writer Dan Panaet traces the country’s long, awkward relationship...

The Delirious Mythology of Italian Brainrot

How AI chimeras, absurd nursery rhymes, and Gen Z humour has birthed a chaotic new online aesthetic Even in a world overrun by online content, the viral surge of so-called...

Inkblots on Trial

Norway’s legal debate over the Rorschach test The Rorschach test – known worldwide for its enigmatic inkblots – has long been a symbol of psychology’s more mysterious side. First developed...

Young People to the Rescue in Turkey?

Mass protests in Istanbul have rekindled old notions about the role of young people in political resistance to authoritarianism – but just below the surface there’s anxiety and fragmentation On...

The Ailment Affecting Finland’s Darts Elite

When performance falters without warning, is it the body or the mind that fails? In a fascinating piece for Finland’s national broadcasting company, journalist Hannes Nissinen unpacks a bizarre and...

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