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Sex, Skeletons, and Rituals: Marina Abramović’s Balkan Epic

Marina Abramović’s “Balkan Erotic Epic” fuses eroticism, ritual, and spirituality, redefining the body as a sacred, cultural force.

Court Trans Ruling Creates New Reality For UK Women

Trans Britons woke to a legal earthquake yesterday as the UK Supreme Court defined womanhood, limiting it to those born female.

Don’t Say They: Italy Clamps Down on Gender Ideology

Italy bans gender-neutral symbols like schwa in schools, citing grammar norms, sparking national debate on language and identity.

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Fairphone Enters the Office, Not the High Street

As Radboud University announced Fairphones for staff on 16 January 2026, effective 1 February, a niche ethical handset gained an ally that ordinary shoppers still rarely offer.

Big Tech Giants Take Over the European Public Square

Invisible code, engineered thousands of miles away, dictates the daily cadence of European voices.

Guilty by Involvement: Britain, Berbera, and Red Sea Tensions

Britain’s state-backed bets on a Red Sea port are now dragging London into a genocidal war in Sudan and a high-stakes diplomatic collision with Saudi Arabia.

Timbuktu Manuscripts Return as Museums Raise Prices

As 28,000 manuscripts arrived back at the Timbuktu Ahmed Baba Institute in August 2025 after 13 years in Bamako, Paris's Louvre raised standard admission to €22, marking the latest divergence in how access to Africa's written past is being rearranged.

Houthi Payroll Politics and Riyadh’s Bet to Secure Yemen Peace

Yemen’s government workers wait for paychecks as Riyadh bets that money will buy the peace that ten years of war was unable to secure.