Written by It was 2am when the parish priest, Giovanni Samorì, was woken by a phone call from the mayor of Traversara ordering him to start ringing the church bells. The traditional call now forms part of the civil protection procedure deployed by many Italian towns. Its aim: to warn residents of impending calamity. As torrential rain […]
Australians have largely blamed supermarkets and the rising cost of groceries for the soaring cost of living pressures, lashing the grocery giants as “public enemy Number One”. New polling released by the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work found 83 per cent of a pool of 1014 respondents said supermarkets deserved “some blame, or a […]
In this football language post we explain the newspaper headline, ‘Ten Hag Rage at Sloppy Red Devils‘ from the Express newspaper about the Manchester United defeat at Brighton in the Premier League. You can see more newspaper headlines here and don’t forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary. If […]
A compellingly poetic call for awareness, empathy, and action around racism. Historical injustice, personal trauma, cultural resilience, and more are covered in Millwood’s book of poems. “Forcefully Taken,” the fiery opener, describes the harrowing experience of violation and “the weight of oppression, its jealousy and lust.” The speaker endures physical and emotional pain, likening the […]