April 24, 2018
SCYLLA AND GLAUCUS
The love story of Glaucus and Scylla is a twisted one. It all began on a day that seemed like any other. Glaucus, a young dapper fisherman, had just...
April 16, 2018
WHY WE CARE ABOUT THE HOMELESS
It’s just kind of a thing that happened when we weren’t looking – whether it was the economic crisis, austerity or even the refugee crisis, I couldn’t say. There’s...
April 16, 2018
GIRL ON A PLANE, GIRL ON A TRAIN: ON BEING IN LOVE AND BETWEEN CITIES
Being in a long-distance relationship is to be in a relationship with your suitcase. Over the years you get to really know your baggage intimately: the corners where the...
April 17, 2018
WHAT CAN WE LEARN IN EUROPEAN BORDERLANDS?
‘Hungary is for Hungarians’; ‘Romania is for Romanians’; ‘Serbia is for Serbians’. One could spend a long time listing all the similar nationalistic slogans which are often articulated by...
April 16, 2018
PIZZA DIPLOMACY
Pizza is always present at the frontlines of diplomacy. Here’s how Italy claimed its culinary heritage back in the era of Dominos and Pizza Hut. Once upon a time,...
April 16, 2018
A PLACE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY | BARCELONA
BARCELONA, SPAIN It is refreshing seeing hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets to demand that refugees be allowed in. Especially at a moment where other European...
May 21, 2018
THE EIGHTH: TIME IS WELL AND TRULY UP
A referendum held a decade before I was born has shaped the Ireland I was born into, grew up in, and later emigrated from. The Eighth Amendment to the...
May 2, 2018
EUROPEAN PATRIOTISM ISN’T THE ANSWER
I admit it. I’m a terrible Remainer. Sure, I hung a ‘Vote Remain’ poster in my window. Sure, I made the unprecedented step of discussing politics with my family...
April 24, 2018
FOR JAN AND MARTINA
When the news about Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová’s murder first broke, it felt as if the world around me had stopped. The entirety of Slovakia was shaken and...