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Sienna Spurling, Joy Ella Yammine and Aditi Varwandkar are shortlisted in junior category of John Locke Institute 2023 Global Essay Prize

In the Magic City, Nina London learns the meaning of loveism

On the edge of the Golden Triangle, where Burma and Laos meet Thailand’s remote border, flows the long, sluggish arm of the Mekong River. Wide, brown, swift and implacable, it travels thousands of miles from the melt waters of Mount Kailash in distan...

Nine years ago, I was a leaf carried by a strong wind, touching down, then spinning forward to my next appointment … on, on, ever onward, swept by the storm of my ambition and stopped only by the thorns of my goals. In short, I was lost in the demand...

“Vulnerability is not winning or losing it is having the courage to show up when you cannot control the outcome.” Brené Brown Have you ever noticed how much humans love to fight – sometimes in verbal confrontation, sometimes more seriously? Given our...

“Starting today, I need to forget what's gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what's coming next.” Anonymous Today I have a question for you – can you name the one game-changing thing that Carl Sagan, Richard Branson, Kim Kardashi...

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” Stephen Hawking First there was the newness of the pandemic and the trauma of lockdown. Then came reactionary band-aid solutions followed by an eerie phase of acceptance and silent reflection. This tr...

“Everything old is new again.” Jonathan Swift 1710 Finding commonality in an increasingly diverse world has always been the blessing or downfall of any civilisation. When we focus on what separates us, we stumble; when we embrace what unites us, we t...

Thank you to everyone who reached out to me to after reading last week’s article; your thoughts have inspired me to share a few words on a classic psychological and philosophical dilemma commonly referred to as “the trolley problem”. Briefly stated, ...

“Love, and the earth becomes a paradise again. And the immense beauty of love is that it has no reference. Love comes from you for no reason at all. It is your outpouring bliss, it is your sharing of your heart. It is the sharing of the song of your ...

“The hardest thing about ‘everything happens for a reason’ is waiting for the reason to come along.” — Unknown I have started and deleted the opening sentence of this column no less than five times this week, which, for me, is unusual. Usual...

“Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.” Chinua Achebe In this journey to somewhere there are plenty of sunny days if we are present enough to recognise them ...