‘Stories about wild Africa from our perspectives’: Fiona Tande, Kenya When Fiona Tande started in Kenya’s film industry after working in conservation, she was disappointed to find it laced with the same pervasive racism she had seen throughout her career. In her experience, both sectors on the continent were dominated by white men, and the … Read more
Onboard a boat off the Florida Keys, I witness a group of divers, aged 16 to 20, freeing themselves from the weight of their oxygen tanks and masks before diving back into the waters of Biscayne national park. Where Biscayne Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, their heads break the surface, bobbing in the open sea … Read more
There’s a new train pulling into the station in San Bernardino, a southern California city about 60 miles from Los Angeles. From the outside, it looks like any other commuter train, with three passenger carriages, blocky windows and a colourful blue exterior. But inside, it’s unlike anything the region – or the country – has … Read more
Recent data has revealed that overdoses involving antidepressants have been climbing each year from 1999 until 2022 in the US. The analysis of CDC overdose data was released last month, as it takes the organization over a year to process overdose data; 2022 is the most recent year with complete overdose data available. Antidepressants were … Read more
Two hours into a high quality fourth-round tussle at the US Open on Monday night, the second set of Jannik Sinner’s duel with Tommy Paul was yet to be decided. After the crushing blow of conceding an extremely tight first set, Paul admirably fought back to force a second tie-break with an array of bold … Read more
Languishing on the dole on an East Kilbride council estate in the early 80s, neither the Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid, nor his younger brother, Jim, could grasp why no one had yet combined 60s girl-group melodies, the nihilist drones of the Velvet Underground and top notes of screeching feedback. It seemed an obvious, … Read more
“We’re all waiting with bated breath. This is a fateful election,” a friend from Leipzig told me on Sunday. It was polling day in her state of Saxony and in neighbouring Thuringia. The atmosphere was tense, even fearful. Much more was at stake than just a reshuffle of seats in two of Germany’s regional parliaments. … Read more
Edilberto Morales has been farming cocoa, the key ingredient in chocolate, in the Lacadon jungle in southern Mexico for decades. Typically, he harvests about 1,000kg of cocoa pods a year, but only produced half that last year, due to drought. It was one of the worst harvests of his lifetime. “Climate change has affected us … Read more
It is raining. Heavy drops hit so hard they bounce back into the air. Cloud hangs over the highest peak, today’s destination. I gather with the small group of women in larger bodies, all facing the same challenge as me, with similar demons whispering into their ears, “You’re too fat, you’re not fit enough, you … Read more
Sky News columnist Peta Credlin helped draft Brittany Higgins’ statement given to media in 2021, after her rape allegations were made public, a court has been told. In closing arguments to Western Australia’s supreme court, where Reynolds is suing Higgins for defamation, Reynolds’ lawyer Martin Bennett on Tuesday said Higgins had “visceral hatred” towards her … Read more