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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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