[su_spoiler title=”UK – Land of Hope and Sackboy” style=”simple” icon=”chevron-circle” anchor=”Comment”]Despite the three major consoles coming out from America and Japan, video game development has moved around the globe and here in the UK sales are the third highest in the world. Although the UK gaming industry only employs around 7,000 people, it has a…
Travel
Reminiscing over Rio de Janeiro
A city that runs on the swinging beat of soulful samba, Rio de Janeiro is a place you visit once, return to multiple times, and continue to dream of forever. It is easy to see why the city has gained the title of the Marvellous City: although it is incredibly chilled, there is an addictive…
Arts, OldVenue
Capoeira: a unifying dance
The distinctive twanging of a metal stringed long bow sounds over the din and bustle of everyday life and as if by magic, a circle begins to form. More and more people are drawn together by the strange-sounding instrument. A drum joins, and suddenly, two people are dancing in the middle of the circle –…
Travel
Experiencing ‘slum-tourism’ first hand
Slum tourism – there’s something about those two words put together that feels wrong. Tourism inevitably makes money, obviously, but is it wrong to make money out of areas that are themselves impoverished? Perhaps the most important question is where that money is going – does it benefit the slum, or does it simply put…
Sport, World Cup 2014
Diary of a football phobic: part 5
Apparently shit went down in the semi-finals? Alas, your correspondent was otherwise engaged while Germany not only annihilated Brazil but minced up them and turned them into a bratwurst; but I saw enough on Twitter to be able to piece together the general thrust of proceedings in Belo Horizonte. Who knew that Neymar is literally…
Featured Posts, Sport, World Cup 2014
World Cup preview: the countdown to Brazil 2014
The World Cup gets underway in less than a week, but a number of sides are still sweating over whether their star men will be ready for the big kick-off on 12th June. Despite the incessant countdown to the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, some of the tournament’s biggest names are in fact facing…
Global, World Cup 2014
The darker side of the World Cup
Marta Catalano explores the darker side of the Rio 2014 World Cup.
Sport
England secure spot in Brazil amid Januzaj row
Sports correspondent Callum Hansey on England qualifying for the World Cup
Global
Brazil is blooming
Brazil is blooming, and it’s rapidly becoming known for more than its beauty, tolerance and party atmosphere.
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