Magazine Issue #1

That’s me clattering about… when I lift the lid to see if the characters have come to the boil

Behind every translation there is a translator, a place where translation happens, a dictionary (possibly several), a lived experience of translation or working in and between different languages. We want...

Medellin: The politics of street art in Colombia’s second city

Last month, my boyfriend and I went on a little getaway to celebrate our anniversary. On the way out of town we saw a large banner on the highway that...

N’Djamena: Searching for gas in the Chadian capital

This morning like every morning I wake up early with a single, burning thought in my mind: I must find butane gas. It might seem a trivial thing, but here...

Mbabane: A cow for a king in Eswatini

Each year, emaSwati brace themselves for the ritual known as Tetfulo, a state-sanctioned display of reverence toward King Mswati III, performed under the banner of culture. On the surface, it...