ARTICLES

ART, HISTORY AND CULTURE

national geographic: the exercise phenomenon born in a prisoner of war camp

Knockaloe, an internment camp on the Isle of Man, was the unlikely setting for the development of Pilates – a regimen that continues to acquire devotees to this day. And its inspiration was unlikelier still.

British Vogue: MEET THE FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHER BEHIND A MUST-SEE EXHIBITION HONOURING THE GRENFELL COMMUNITY

After losing her sister and niece in the tragic Grenfell fire, 28-year-old photographer Feruza Afewerki launched Gold and Ashes, a photo series commemorating the lives of Grenfell’s victims, survivors and bereaved family and friends.

Quartz: How the West African Students’ Union drove the anti-colonial agenda in 20th century London

From the 1920s to the 1950s, the West African Students Union became a training ground for activists that fought for independence in the region, including Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah.

BRITISH VOGUE: THE UK NEEDS A BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM of its own

In the midst of debates on decolonisation, is the European museum model fundamentally past its sell-by date?

REFINERY29: Unforgotten women - mary prince, the black female abolitionist

Highlighting the achievements of black women in British history.

SOCIAL IMPACT

UNHCR: Solidarity in action - one year on from the Global Refugee Forum

I authored an op-ed on behalf of Gillian Triggs, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, to highlight international progress in the first year since the Global Refugee Forum.

OPINION 

MEDIA DIVERSIFIED: #RHODESMUSTFALL: We can debate all we want but in the end, money talks

Challenging Oxford University's decision to keep a statue of Cecil Rhodes on display. 

GLOBAL CITIZEN: After Brexit, I feel like a foreigner in my own country

A response to the wave of xenophobic attacks that followed the UK's decision to leave the European Union. 

REVIEWS

LITRO: 'THE TURNER HOUSE' BY ANGELA FLOURNOY

A reflection on Angela Flournoy's debut novel and Zadie Smith's lyrical essay, 'What does soulful mean?' 

LITRO: 'Leonora: A Novel' By Elena Poniatowska

Echoing Leonora Carrington’s belief that she was a hybrid, ‘a mare riding through the night,’ this novel/ biography defies fixed boundaries.   

INTERVIEWS

GLOBAL CITIZEN: Banned from school, Nearly forced into marriage: how apeksha is fighting for gay pride in nepal

“In Nepali society, women are still taken as second class citizens,” said Apeksha, a 22-year old activist working to promote gender equality and LGBT rights in Nepal. “That’s why lesbians face double discrimination — we’re women and LGBT.”

GLOBAL CITIZEN: this woman's invention means no girl will have to miss school because of her period

When Trinitas  first started her period, she had no idea what was happening. Like many girls around the world, menstruation came as a shock when she hit puberty.