Reluctance to Meditate

Ena explores the concept of meditation and talks about her journey and experience with different meditative practices such as breathing.

Catalan independence

Catalan parliament just declared independence from Spain on Friday morning October 27 but within short distance the Spanish senate approved direct rule of Catalonia by Madrid. Earlier this month on the first of October , the referendum took…

Inflation is Ruining Football

The last couple of years in world football have come to a complete surprise with the value of players on the market and the amount clubs are willing to pay. Though Zinedine Zidane possesses a very expensive squad, long gone are the days of…

358 Dead in Somalia

On Saturday October 14, in Mogadishu, Somali, two truck bombings occurred, killing 358 people. At the drive of the truck was a former soldier in Somalia’s army whose town was recently raided. The first vehicle to explode in the centre…

Dictatorship in Democracy

Autumn 2017 has seen another year of anarchy in the Spanish region of Catalonia, which has been demanding independence from Spain since the Civil War of the late 1930s when Franco was in power. Well into the new Millennia and the Catalans…

The Importance of Stories

Stories are our legacy: the lives we lived but also the dreams we have for the future.

Harvey Weinstein and The Abuse of Power

At the hands of power, uncertainty is sure to arise. When greeted by the ‘it’ man of Hollywood, who shakes who? The talent of the individual or the sexual advances of the man you have worked so hard to see in a professional capacity. What…

Mental Health

Nobody ever notices the way she pushes the food around her plate, never really eating more than a couple bites. Or the way she always excuses herself from the table early, disappearing for a while at a time. She prefers to lock the door…

Institutional Racism in Football

Say no to racism. That’s the phrase we see in the Champions League before, during and after matches take place yet the disgusting remarks are ever present in the game. Time and again we have witnessed players from the BAME demographic…

Maltese Journalist Murdered in a Car Bombing

On Sunday 16th October 2017 in Bidnija, Malta, a car exploded at around 3 pm. Inside the Peugeot 108, reduced to pieces by the powerful explosion, there was Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53 years old Maltese journalist and mother of three, killed…

Knife Crime on Wheels

Never in my life did I think I would be afraid of a moped passing by while I wait on a bus stop with my phone out. Recent weeks have seen a large influx of reported moped crimes carried out by youth offenders in the heart of the capital. The…