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The Flowers of Yves Saint Laurent - Musée YSL Paris
Small museums make me happy. Especially those in large cities. As a case in point, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris is a delightful gem...
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Beyond the Canvas
Sep 191 min
On the Exonerated Five
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." - Maya Angelou Just finished watching this amazing documentary made...
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Oct 9, 20211 min
Viva Vittoria: knitting against violence
Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation and a public health epidemic. It occurs daily across the world and is widely...
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Oct 7, 20212 min
Speaking truth to power: the legacy of Anna Politkovskaya
It's been 15 years to the day since Anna Politkovskaya was murdered for fearlessly and relentlessly telling the truth. Anna was gunned...
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Sep 21, 20211 min
Photo print fundraiser in support of women journalists in Afghanistan
Like many, I have been following the recent events unfolding in Afghanistan. I have mostly been feeling sad and powerless while thinking...
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Sep 2, 20212 min
The day Gilead came to Texas
Earlier this week, a near-total ban on abortions has come into effect in the state of Texas. This means that after six weeks of...
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Aug 2, 20212 min
The memory of open wounds
There are wounds so deep they never really heal. They are the wounds we share with other people, whether we know them or not, the wounds...
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Jul 15, 20212 min
Marcus Rashford, footballer, leader, change-maker and all-round beautiful human being.
It's not the first time that this blog talks about Marcus Rashford. The 23-year old mancunian footballer used his social media platform...
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Jun 9, 20212 min
Abu Dhabi's billions: Soft power and an ambitious foreign policy agenda.
According to the Financial Times, Abu Dhabi is planning to spend $6bn on various cultural projects to diversify from oil. This is not a...
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May 3, 20212 min
A lapsed reader's whinge
"I would like everyone to read, not so they become writers or poets, but so that no one is a slave anymore." - Gianni Rodari I recently...
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Apr 18, 20212 min
The Brixton riots 40 years on
"I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. A riot is the language of the unheard." Martin Luther King, Jr....
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Mar 23, 20212 min
Laura Aguilar's courageous rebellion
“My photography has always provided me with an opportunity to open myself up and see the world around me. And most of all, photography...
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Mar 18, 20212 min
Women as icons and targets
Revered by the public, reviled by the art establishment and eventually sold at auction for almost £1m, the Mona Lisa of kitsch was...
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Jan 16, 20212 min
A legal killing spree
"When you see a gruesome picture over and over again, it really doesn’t have any effect." — Andy Warhol Warhol was an avid collector of...
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