Opinion

In recent months, Black Lives Matter protests against racism have seen the toppling of various statues in the UK and US. In Poland, our statues are being ‘protected’ – from the LGBT rainbow flag.

A chance observation of a mother and child in a park leads our writer to reflect on the intersection of technology and emotions.

Cynthia Hogue’s poem “The Simple” is a rejection of the temptation of absolutes.

Looking out from the shore of Italy, across the Mediterranean Sea, a writer reflects on how in a short space of time, so much has changed.

As travel has become more accessible, it has also become more trivialized; an act of event tourism. Will the pandemic change this?

What can the sudden, unexpected emergence of the coronavirus tell us about attitudes towards death and societal inclusion?

Our in-house ‘coaching guru’ shares his wisdom – this week on how to succeed in the supermarket queue.

Reaching the age of 40 is a milestone for many, but what sort of milestone? Is it a step into carefree maturity? Or the last throes of youth?

Social media allows young people to explore how they express themselves, says the winner of a youth essay contest organized by “MIT Technology Review”, in response to the question: “What do adults not know about my generation and technology?”

Our in-house ‘coaching guru’ shares his wisdom – this week on the joyous benefits of wearing a visor during the pandemic.

Our in-house ‘coaching guru’ shares his wisdom – this week on the art of delivering a joke.

We are panicking a bit. But we are also genuinely concerned about a situation where a huge amount will depend upon whether we want to work together.

Silence is so difficult to find; even when we think we’ve found it, we still have to deal with our own internal psychological noise.

True, it wasn’t us, but corporations that destroyed the Earth’s climate. Having said that, let’s start acting now, because there is no time to waste and no-one else will do it for us.

The poetry of Anna Świrszczyńska – who practiced her art in communist Poland – is all the more remarkable for its unabashed and serious representation of femininity.

Our in-house ‘coaching guru’ shares his wisdom – this week on how to (not) talk to people.

The nature documentary “Our Planet” portrays in shocking scenes how we, humans, are directly contributing to the suffering of animals that rely on sea ice. It is imperative that we do not become complacent about such distress.

In the face of climate catastrophe, we should focus on solutions that allow us to utilize pollution and transform waste into ecological products.