The West, FIFA and Us: We're all being hypocritical about the World Cup
Pro-migrant, anticolonial discourse has been weaponised to support Qatar’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup
1y ago
Mermaids aren’t real, and neither is race
Our current conceptualisation of race derives heavily from the last couple centuries of European imperialism.
2y ago
Declan Walsh's 'The Nine Lives of Pakistan': A journalist explains the country that banished him
In the middle of an Islamabad night, just before the Pakistan election of 2013, the Irish journalist Declan Walsh was visited by “angels”.
3y ago
An anarchist retelling of Tintin
The globetrotting hero-reporter, he of the blonde quiff and the plus four trousers, had many an adventure throughout a 46-year-long run under
3y ago
Revisiting the only book written by an Indian about the Indian soldiers of WWI
Tens of thousands of men sailed across the ocean to a land they’d never before heard the name of. They fought long and hard, in the world’s
4y ago
The Dead Can’t Dance
The death’s head is panther-stalking her through the party. Bodies washed in neon pink ebb and flow, sinking and rising from the shadows as light thrums.
5y ago
The trap of Re-Orientalism
“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” wrote Rudyard Kipling, a man with a silly name who only had a career because West met East and immediately mugged it, running off with wallet, shoes and pants. Through Kipling’s pen, the British
5y ago
January 28, 2016
All Them Witches Brewing Magic
The third studio album by Tennessee four-piece, All Them Witches is their most confident work to date.
January 21, 2016
KING OF KINGS: The Life and Death of Haile Selassie I
You ever have those mornings when you wake up to people thinking you're Jesus?
January 14, 2016
One of Us is the Killer
And Then There Were None is the quintessential murder mystery. It remains Agatha Christie's finest work: elegant in its premise...
January 7, 2016
An Abominable Mess
If you haven't yet seen the special episode of Sherlock that came out on January 1, don't read past this paragraph. What will follow is a spoiler-heavy analysis...
January 7, 2016
Tipu Sultan: Rocketman
Imagine you're a young Scotsman. You took a job as a security guard for a multinational corporation operating in India, because it's...
October 29, 2015
TABULA RASA
“Now the man of the hour is taking his final bow.” -- Pearl Jam, 'Man of the Hour'
September 24, 2015
What your Qurbani animal says about you
During this time of the year, you're only as memorable as your cow or goat.
August 20, 2015
E01: It's a Boy!
It was a bizarre little ad, and one Paul Wickens wouldn't have taken seriously if the press hadn't been covering Tabula Rasa so obsessively.
July 2, 2015
MAJESTY: THE FANTASY KINGDOM SIM
The Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, The Witcher… excellent franchises that let you run around on epic quests in fantasy worlds.
June 4, 2015
Stormy-eyed
Thunder-witch.
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