My horrific experience of doing a silent Buddhist meditation retreat Some stereotypes ring true. I am on my post-uni gap year, travelling through South East Asia, looking to find a better version of myself. And I am doing quite well so far. But the thirst for self-improvement is rarely quenched. So I decided to sign… Continue reading I accidentally joined a cult in Thailand
“At a podium in front of the National Association of Evangelicals on 8 March 1983, Ronald Reagan delivered a line which would become synonymous with the US’s view of the Soviet Union for the rest of the Cold War. Reagan called on the evangelicals not “to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses…”… Continue reading Has The United States Become An Evil Empire?
It is often said that the only constants in life are death and taxes. But history suggests a third certainty—migration. As nations build borders and societies imagine themselves rooted in myths of permanence, humanity has always been in motion. Civilisations rise, expand, splinter and reform; people leave, arrive, return and transform the very places they… Continue reading A funnel in both directions—how global movement mirrors the Age of Empire
