STORIES FROM YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE

The Land of Ooo is a strange place. Candy people live in gingerbread castles, lemon-headed tyrants scream about betrayal, a talking dog plays the viola, and somewhere out there, the remnants of a nuclear war flicker beneath the surface. It’s a post-apocalyptic world:...

A portrait of the arts in the UK over the past five years. Picture a theatre. Spectators fill the stands, the sound of their chatter rising upwards and bouncing back off the ceiling. The great velvet curtain is about to lift. Each person holds their breath, poised to...

When I look back on my own childhood, I often think of shoeboxes. I spent a lot of my free time stockpiling these staples of school summer holidays, using them to create a variety of small, rectangular worlds. From green felt-tip pens to repurposed chairs and tables...

In an age where we feel more disconnected than ever, the need for third spaces has never been more important. On an Open Street, people traffic replaces car traffic, and streets are transformed into places where people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds can...

Designed by Pixabay At a red light in a taxi on the Central Nautical Highway in Mandaue, Cebu, I noticed some leaves painted on the overpass above me (Figure 1). The day prior I had interviewed a local artist who mentioned that some of his work was somewhere in...

Designed by Andrea Piacquadio After babysitting for ten begrudging months during graduate school, I swore that after graduation there would be not a single child in my workplace future. Fast forward to eight months post graduation and I find myself working in the...

When I walked into the classroom at Strong Base Model School in Islamabad, I carried more than just lesson materials, I carried the hope of a nation that has stood steadfast against the shadows of violence. Growing up in a Pakistan that has resisted the forces of...

How does Ubuntu, I am because you are, animate our shared humanity? The question lingered in my mind as I boarded a dusty jeep in Bahawalpur, bound for the vast Cholistan Desert. I promised myself I would find the answer not in theory, but in moments lived under...

Designed by Lisa and everlast jorney The land of kings, the epitome of heritage and culture. This is Rajasthan in India. The moment you think of it or search for it on the internet, a vivid picture comes to your mind.  Royal forts rising from golden sands, palaces...

Designed by Ron Lach You’re sitting on your couch, scrolling through reels like you do on any other day, suddenly an influencer shows up on your feed, glowing skin, selling you a shampoo bottle, saying it’s eco-friendly, organic and sustainable. A few swipes later,...

Designed by Dio Hasbi Saniskoro If the first act of liberation is critique, then the second is creation. Not creation as novelty or invention, but as remembering—reawakening what we already know deep down: that the possible is always gestating in the margins. It does...

Designed by Akil Mazumder As a child, I resisted those four little words with unrelenting fervour. I remember them as a full stop at the end of wonder—an authoritative curtain closing on my curiosity. Adults called me contrary, “perversely inclined to disagree,” they...