How the decline of deep reading is reshaping intelligence, attention, and culture itself. There was a time when not finishing a book felt like a small personal failure. Today, it is almost a badge of honour to announce that you … Continue reading The Quiet Crisis No One Wants to Read About
There’s a quiet violence to silence. It cloaks itself in the language of “staying neutral,” “protecting peace,” or “not wanting to get political,” but neutrality in the face of oppression is not peace, it’s complicity. As Nelson Mandela once said, … Continue reading The Real Embarrassment: The Age of Silence in a Loud World
The Brief Vicebomb by Simone Andreoli is a fragrance that wears its decadence in broad, unapologetic strokes. Launched in 2023 as part of Andreoli’s Poetry of Night collection, it’s a unisex eau de parfum intense crafted to evoke the seductive, … Continue reading Cherry at Midnight: Vicebomb by Simone Andreoli
Somewhere between the endless scroll of TikTok, the bite-sized hot takes on Twitter/X, and the rapid-fire carousel of Instagram Reels, we forgot what it meant to sit down and watch something. Not skim, not scroll, not swipe away after five … Continue reading Back to Long Form: Reclaiming the Joy of Intentional Entertainment
Hip-hop has always been more than music. It’s a culture, a philosophy, and at its most compelling – a classroom. To listen closely to certain rappers is to recognise a lexicon shaped not only by lived experience but also by … Continue reading Rhymes and Reads: The Unspoken Bond Between Hip-Hop and Literature
In a world where technology promises shortcuts for everything, meals included it’s easy to forget that cooking has always been one of humanity’s most thoughtful and creative acts. Artificial intelligence has become a helpful kitchen companion: plug in the leftover … Continue reading The Joy of Thinking for Ourselves: Why We Still Need Recipe Books in the Age of AI
When we think of personal style, most of us immediately imagine the visual: the cut of a blazer, the fluid drape of a silk dress, the leather sheen of a Bottega Veneta bag. Fashion is tactile and visible; it tells … Continue reading Scent in Style: How Fashion and Fragrance Weave the Complete Look
August is a paradox. It holds both the last stretch of summer and the quiet prelude to a new season. It’s the month we’re often told to squeeze every last drop out of life,more plans, more work, more “just one … Continue reading Rest, sister. You are not a machine. Your glow is not a performance.
Gaza in Famine, Palestine Dispossession, and the West’s Twilight of Conviction We are watching as Gaza descends into famine at least 154 people many of them children, have died from starvation, and countless more fall sick or perish while waiting … Continue reading The Generation That Saw It All and Did Nothing
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