This is the third and final part of a three-fold series which has been delving into slavery as a narrative of the past, from the…
Activism in the Bialowieza Forest: the way out of an intractable conflict?
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Bialowieza Forest in the North-East of Poland has been the stage for extraordinary clashes of interests and ideologies which…
Not found: ‘Women’
About the underrepresentation of female authors in the Dutch week of Books On the 23th March, the week of books started in the Netherlands. The theme…
Should Big Oil Sponsor Cultural Institutions?
Earlier this year in February a performance protest was staged at the British Museum by the group BP or not BP?. It was a protest against…
Moral Precedents for Easter Island: How a Small Victory for Rapa Nui Activists May Lead to Something Bigger
In 1947 the Norwegian ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl successfully traversed the significant distance between the coast of Peru and several Polynesian islands, on a raft made…
A call for recognition: Portugal’s long-due slavery monument
This is the second of a three-part series which will delve into slavery as a narrative of the past, however with (frequently overlooked) legacies in…
Painting on Italy’s Colonial Past
During the International Women’s Day March on March 8 in Milan, Italy, a feminist group known as Non Una di Meno, Not a Minor, covered…
“Where are your gibes now?” Preserving Humanity in the Museum Vrolik
The Museum Vrolik is not a particularly easy place to find. It is tucked away within the Academic Medical Centre, which is itself quite far…
Broken Heroes: The Crumbling Legacy of Michael Jackson
With the imminent release of HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, Michael Jackson’s legacy appears on the cusp of a dramatic and humiliating fall from grace. The…
The Favourite – Reinventing the Historical-Film Genre?
Historical films come in all shapes and sizes, some much more blatantly disregarding of any form of historical accuracy. The Favourite and the other 5…