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’Twas Christmas Eve In Dublin
In the winter of 2020, deep into the misery of the global pandemic, Richy Craven lit up the internet with a tale about working at Christmas in a fanc…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Christmas Book Flood
In Iceland, the night of December 24 is traditionally spent curled up with a book. Why? Because you're very likely to have been gifted one, given the…
2 years, 2 months ago
An Autocrat’s Guide to Destroying Local Media, Part 2
In Part 1, you learned how illiberal regimes have used the political tools at their disposal – and their rich friends – to turn the media outlets of …
2 years, 2 months ago
An Autocrat’s Guide to Destroying Local Media, Part 1
It’s a playbook that’s been used by illiberal governments across Central and Eastern Europe: muzzling the media until it resembles little more than p…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Dutch Turn Right, Spain Stays Left
In Spain, an unlikely left-leaning coalition has managed to block the right from taking power; in the Netherlands, the far-right has come out on top.…
2 years, 2 months ago
This Ukrainian Will Not Compete For Your Attention
Ukraine has seen an exodus of foreign journalists in the wake of the terrible conflict in the Middle East. But coverage of the war on this continent …
2 years, 3 months ago
The Oatly Chronicles Part 3: Can Green Capitalism Save Us All?
The Swedish oat milk brand Oatly has taken on some eyebrow-raising investments over the past few years. It insists those investments haven’t changed …
2 years, 3 months ago
The Oatly Chronicles Part 2: What’s The Housing Crisis Got To Do With It?
Swedish oat milk company Oatly says it's on a mission to defeat the almighty dairy industry and save the planet. To do that, it claims it needs to gr…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Oatly Chronicles Part 1: The Big Dairy Problem
In 1994, the world’s first oat milk company was born in Sweden. Three decades later, Oatly is on a high-stakes mission to defeat the dairy industry –…
2 years, 4 months ago
Train bistros and an oily climate commissioner
This week, we hear about the controversies surrounding the selection of the EU's climate commissioners, we look into the past, present, and future of…
2 years, 4 months ago