TRANSLATED BY ALICE DOWEK AND PROOFREAD BY GRACE DEATKER The Irish government announced on 28th March that the referendum on the legalisation of abortion will take place on 25th May. Prohibited by the 8th Amendment of the Constitution, this procedure has been the subject of much debate for several years. At the end of January, […]
TRANSLATED BY MARIE TERRIER AND GRACE DEATKER What if the decline in meat consumption is actually because of fast-food chains? Looking at Çiğköftem, a Turkish vegan chain created in 1993, this could be the case. Today it is one of the most important fast food chains in Turkey and it is slowly spreading throughout Europe. […]
TRANSLATED BY GRACE DEATKER AND NIAMH WEEKES The International Short Film Festival held in Clermont-Ferrand, France, which took place the 3rd to the 12th of February 2017, has left us with plenty of good memories and newly discovered stories to share. This year, Colombia was in the spotlight with no less than six collections of […]
TRANSLATED BY GRACE DEATKER AND STEPHANIE BENZIES Consumer society has reached a dead end. Watching Chinese film director Wang Jiuliang’s images, the public uncovers a controversial issue: the plastic waste disposal industry in China. In his book Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter describes both a controversial and lucrative world where piles of waste become colossal fortunes, […]
TRANSLATED BY NOEMIE BASTIDE AND GRACE DEATKER The Cuban revolution was a legitimate response to the situation in Cuba in the 1950s. But are the same reasons for the revolution still affecting the country today? This article will explore the issues in Cuba after the death of Fidel Castro. The Cuban revolution, before being a […]
TRANSLATED BY MELANIE JOUD AND GRACE DEATKER On January 11, The Great Wall was released in French cinemas. Produced by the American media company Legendary Pictures and directed by Chinese director Zhang Yimou, it features American actors Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe as well as famous Chinese actors Jing Tian and Andy Lau. The movie […]
TRANSLATED BY LAURA DELAGRANGE AND GRACE DEATKER The ‘Schrebergärten’ appeared in Leipzig during the era of industrialization. 150 years later, these allotments reflect the new ethical and environmental issues of today. Leipzig is a green city. A city with lakes, parks and streams, but it is also the city of Schrebergärten. ‘Schreber’s gardens’, ‘allotments’ or […]