Reluctance to Meditate

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

Movie Review: Padmaavat

After a couple of months of delay on the global stage, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat has been released world wide to the excitement of both Indian and foreign audiences alike. Originally marred with controversy with some of India’s…

The Legend of Valeria Messalina

Valeria Messalina was born in 25 a.C. in Rome from a Patrizia family related to the Giulio-Claudio houses, this in the ancient Rome Hierarchy means she was born into a noble and wealthy family. Messalina lived only 23 years. However, she…

'The Handmaiden'

'The Handmaiden' is a movie directed in 2016 by Park Chan-Wook. The film takes place during the thirties in South Korea at the time occupied by the Japanese Empire. It’s based on the novel 'Fingersmith' by Sarah Waters, published in 2002…

Poverty Tourism and its Consequences

Take a gap year, travel around the world. Just get a back-pack and go. Easy, right? Sounds like a dream.

Terrorist Sentenced to 43 Years

The Finsbury Park Mosque attack last June seemed to have been solved immediately until very recently when the perpetrator, Darren Osborne, was sentenced with a minimum of 43 years behind bars for the murder of Makram Ali and injury of 19 others. During…

'Multiversum'

According to the theory of the multiverse, there are infinite worlds as there are endless possibilities of our existence. It is supposed that these realities are not in contact with each other. But in ‘Multiversum’ written by Leonardo…

Bio-economy

The world demographic population is steadily growing, and the continuance of our lifestyle has driven to an ever-increasing request for energy, food and primary goods. Our planet's resources are not unlimited. We need a new line of thinking,…

Who I'm Rooting for this Year

The Academy Awards has always been at the centre of controversy with the most recent only coming a couple of years ago when people shunned the Awards Ceremony for not having any BAME nominees. It’s almost that time of year again as we inch…