It is the worst possible thing to happen to a human being. It means you are a non-entity, you don’t exist, you’re not provided for, and you count for nothing. … Read More How Gender Inequality enshrined in Law contributes to Statelessness
The dreamers are paying the price for taking the path less traveled but 2020 has shown the creative sector is anything but ‘nonessential’.… Read More To be essential, or nonessential: that is the question.
At the epicentre of Europe, many Luxembourg expats will have had the chance to work with a plethora of nationalities, and so navigating cross cultural norms is all part of the average working day. Back when I could socialise freely, I was once at a dinner-party and among the small-talk introductions I casually and perhaps… Read More A peach among the coconuts?
In 1973, Norwegian professors Johan Galtung and Mari Holmboe Ruge came up with a criteria for what deemed a story as newsworthy. The key question they asked themselves was ‘how do events become news’?… Read More The Hierarchy of Importance according to news values : what makes a story newsworthy?
From “covidivorce” to “coronalingus” – let’s ponder the (changed) notion of love in a global pandemic.… Read More Love in the time of corona
Not that I had much of a summer (in the traditional sense summer usually entails sunshine) but the swoop into Autumn has been particularly swift this year – seasons changed from one day to the next which to me was shocking because 2020 has lasted precisely three million years.… Read More Winter is coming
Bear with me – yes we are ageing, we always have done and we always will – such is the nature of mortality.… Read More Is anyone growing up anymore?
If you’re on any kind of social media platform, own a television, have internet, or failing that, a radio – you’ll be aware of the Black Lives Matter movement which has swept across the world. When George Floyd’s life was stamped out on May 25th, you may ask what was any different than the many… Read More White Privilege & Me
We’ve been given a unique opportunity to observe the world around us at a slower pace than ever before, not only other people but mostly ourselves. Unsurprisingly when you have yourself for company all-day everyday without the distraction of..well..a life. Then you do happen to learn a thing or two.… Read More 12 quarantine observations – from unshowered aspirations to the bra/productivity correlation
You know when you come home after a long trip and you momentarily forget which cupboard the cups are in for a second and there’s just a fleeting moment of things just not seeming how they were before – even though they are. Repatriation is kind of like that, everything is familiar but nothing really feels the same.… Read More There’s no place like home, or is there?
It’s December, you know what that means – time to spend with your loved ones , be merry and rejoice BUT also time to rub shoulders with people, distant relatives, friends-of-friends, in-laws whom you don’t really know – let alone like.… Read More How to avoid small talk over the festive season
Consider me the Scrooge of New Years Eve, I’ll swiftly give a ‘bah humbug’ to anyone who asks me what fun plans I have.… Read More Why I’m glad New Years Eve is cancelled
The slash or the ‘multi-hyphenate’ used to be reserved for the ‘creative types’, normally the actor/waiter or the DJ/barista etc. Whilst one half would be a normally creative role with an unsteady income, the other would take care of the bills and support the pursuit of the former.… Read More The rise of the slash generation /
The same way the anonymous woman at a barstool alone arouses intrigue and suspicion so does the woman who wanders for no real reason. In fact, anyone simply ‘hanging around’ provokes fear in passersby – the simple act of just ‘being’ with no set purpose is something unnatural to us.… Read More The art of taking a walk
Back when I could socialize freely, I was once at a dinner-party and among the small-talk introductions I casually asked a French couple how long they had been together, for me it seemed like a normal exchange of information, but according to their facial expression the question had caught them off-guard.… Read More A peach among coconuts, or a coconut among the peaches?
Chances are if you are reading this – you may have also lived in several other countries before, and perhaps some among you could even call yourselves ‘serial expats’ – this is the new demographic in town and one that’s set to keep on growing. Along with global mobility comes increased exposure to other nationalities, cultures, religions, ethnicities… Read More Cross Cultural Relationships – Do you speak each others love language?
The expression goes a little something like this: ‘Do a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life’.… Read More Breaking the Law(yer) : A Change of Career
It’s no secret I enjoy the odd insta story, a Facebook scroll at quiet intervals of the day, a quick pic of my lunch if it is looking particularly instaworthy.… Read More A Diary of My Self-imposed Social Media Ban
Christelle Mckillen 