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23 September 2020

Ian Pocervina Are we still trusting the United States to be a force for good in this world?
As the presidential race is edging closer to election day, I have come to think a lot about the fluctuant manner in which US American politics unfolded over recent years. And that made me wonder whether Luxembourgish public opinion on its former liberator had altered over the decades since we first celebrated the arrival of Allied troops in our country.
23/09/2020

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Are we still trusting the United States to be a force for good in this world?

16 September 2020

Martin Jonsson Virus-scepticism is on the rise, and so are media conspiracy theories
In the early days of the outbreak we saw a lot of virus-scepticism on our pages. While it went through a period of decline, the phenomenon is once again on the rise.
16/09/2020

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Virus-scepticism is on the rise, and so are media conspiracy theories

13 September 2020

Experience I visited another world: Sweden, where covid seems theoretical
Sweden has taken a rather different approach when it comes to handling and containing the coronavirus outbreak. Visiting there this summer was an odd experience.
13/09/2020

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I visited another world: Sweden, where covid seems theoretical

11 August 2020

Ian Pocervina On generations, the digital age, and mental health
A brief inquiry that might have been pointless. Judge for yourself!
11/08/2020

On generations, the digital age, and mental health

5 August 2020

Maura Lehmann The #BlackLivesMatter movement in Europe and how it applies to Luxembourg
It has been over a month since George Floyd’s death sparked a long-overdue worldwide reaction against injustices based on ethnicity and race.
05/08/2020

The #BlackLivesMatter movement in Europe and how it applies to Luxembourg

1 August 2020

Josh Oudendijk Five things I learned from Germany’s greenest city
Our editor just returned from a weekend escape to the vibrant city of Freiburg, nestled inbetween the Black Forest of southern Germany and the French/Swiss border. The city and its people left a real impression. Here are five things that caught his attention.
01/08/2020

Five things I learned from Germany’s greenest city

22 July 2020

Tom Weber Democratising the arts and empowering artists
KuK, Live aus der Stuff, #literaturliwwereronline… During the lockdown, artists all across Luxembourg have found new ways to distribute their art to the public. It is high time for them to reclaim the Grand-Duchy's cultural scene for themselves and dismantle the elitist structures that ruled it until now.
22/07/2020

Democratising the arts and empowering artists

4 July 2020

Thomas Tutton 5 tourist hotspots (not) to visit this summer now that England has reopened
Summer 2020 is officially back on: your dream holiday to Milton Keynes can take place after the British government relaxed travel restrictions.
04/07/2020

5 tourist hotspots (not) to visit this summer now that England has reopened

1 July 2020

Ian Pocervina Rethinking Club Culture in Luxembourg City
While the country’s restaurants and bars are open for business again, the doors of our clubs remain shut. An opportunity to reflect on the pre-lockdown state of the capital’s dance floors, and maybe even a chance for people to raise their expectations for a night out in the future.
01/07/2020

Rethinking Club Culture in Luxembourg City

9 June 2020

Martin Jonsson From the demise of the 'three kisses' to a boom in DIY: 5 pandemic impacts I hope are here to stay
Society changed quite fundamentally during the outbreak - some things for the worse, but many for the better.
09/06/2020

From the demise of the 'three kisses' to a boom in DIY: 5 pandemic impacts I hope are here to stay

4 June 2020

Gerry Erang Racism is a rampant problem in the US. It also is in Luxembourg
The police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American citizen, has sent shockwaves around the globe with protests and demonstrations even finding their way to Luxembourg. Rightfully so, but the Grand Duchy also has a racism problem of its own, argues Gerry Erang in this opinion article.
04/06/2020

Racism is a rampant problem in the US. It also is in Luxembourg

6 May 2020

Stephen Lowe Home work and homework
Stephen Lowe is feeling the strain balancing a full time job, full time parenting and school work. Today is the first day his kids go back to school...
06/05/2020

Home work and homework

1 May 2020

Stephen Lowe Peaks and troughs
As talks turn to peaks being passed and curves being flattened, aren't we all just a little fatigued?
01/05/2020

Peaks and troughs

20 April 2020

Josh Oudendijk Why it is so important for radio stations to play local artists right now
Performance royalties distributed to composers whenever their song is played on air are needed to keep them and their art afloat.
20/04/2020

Why it is so important for radio stations to play local artists right now

15 April 2020

Stephen Lowe Neighborhood watch
Is it the public's responsibility to report on those not adhering to physical distancing guidelines? Especially when wildly varying stories compete for attention.
15/04/2020

Neighborhood watch

14 April 2020

Patrizia Luchetta Looks like we’re about to flatten the curve… how about crunching the Big Numbers now?
A lay(wo)man's thoughts about the next steps out of the Corona Virus crisis in Luxembourg.
14/04/2020

Looks like we’re about to flatten the curve… how about crunching the Big Numbers now?

11 April 2020

Martin Jonsson Are people really out exercising more now than they were pre-lockdown? Let's find out
You may have noticed that people seem to spend more time out exercising, or walking their kids. They're (probably) not.
11/04/2020

Are people really out exercising more now than they were pre-lockdown? Let's find out

1 April 2020

Stephen Lowe Acceptable death rates - I am not a number
In an unprecedented time of a global pandemic, many world leaders are earmarking 'tolerable death' statistics.
01/04/2020

Acceptable death rates - I am not a number

19 March 2020

Stephen Lowe At arm's length - germs don't care about social distancing
Keeping 1m away from a person was never really going to stop infection spread was it?
19/03/2020

At arm's length - germs don't care about social distancing

18 March 2020

Martin Jonsson Police checks, stricter recommendations, push for teleworking - isn't it all rather toothless?
These are trying times for everyone, and I certainly don't envy those who have to make tough decisions that place restrictions on all of our lives in an attempt to curb the spread of the Coronavirus.
18/03/2020

Police checks, stricter recommendations, push for teleworking - isn't it all rather toothless?

16 March 2020

Josh Oudendijk Some people are out of toilet paper. Freelancers are out of a job.
Coronavirus is taking a hefty toll on the gig-economy.
16/03/2020

Some people are out of toilet paper. Freelancers are out of a job.

13 March 2020

Stephen Lowe “How did it get so late so soon?” Dr. Seuss
If Iran can verify 82 million, why can't Luxembourg manage 625K
13/03/2020

“How did it get so late so soon?” Dr. Seuss

4 March 2020

Maura Lehmann How Central Eastern Europe is still fighting for democracy
Thirty years ago, Eastern Europe witnessed the liberation from the Soviet-imposed communist rule that had instigated decades of authoritarianism and inequality.
04/03/2020

How Central Eastern Europe is still fighting for democracy

19 February 2020

Isabella Eastwood Are we ever going to reform education in the way that matters?
Of course it's important to be employable. But how is it that we are still excluding actual life skills from the school curriculum, skills that enable future generations to meet the challenges ahead?
19/02/2020

Are we ever going to reform education in the way that matters?

12 February 2020

Stephen Lowe Storm in a Taass Téi
The excitement of the weekend, for want of a better word, fizzled out as storm what's her name* passed through the Grand Duchy and Stephen Lowe was a little disappointed.
12/02/2020

Storm in a Taass Téi

29 January 2020

Nathalie Lodhi Let go of constantly comparing yourself to your peers
Navigating your way through your mid-twenties isn't that much different to your late teens and early twenties - you usually tend to have the same concerns, manifesting in different ways, but without the familiar framework of school.
29/01/2020

Let go of constantly comparing yourself to your peers

22 January 2020

Dani Lodhi-Dunne Is there a place for the monarchy in the modern world?
Sick of reading about Megxit? Me too. Excuse me while I rant.
22/01/2020

Is there a place for the monarchy in the modern world?

16 January 2020

Stephen Lowe Is Luxembourg's crime and safety bubble about to burst
An air of unease pervades the general public, and while this sample remains small and certainly not a complete representation of all the everyday folk of Luxembourg, Stephen Lowe argues that this shift is merely the start.
16/01/2020

Is Luxembourg's crime and safety bubble about to burst

7 January 2020

Martin Jonsson Washing machines in Luxembourg's apartment blocks - an odd phenomenon
I get that dryers aren't strictly necessary, nor particularly environmentally friendly compared to just letting things dry on their own, but surely it makes no sense for tenants to buy washing machines?
07/01/2020

Washing machines in Luxembourg's apartment blocks - an odd phenomenon

27 December 2019

Isabella Eastwood Hostile architecture and the physical reality of structural inequality
In the run up to the next decade, let us consider how we want the future to look.
27/12/2019

Hostile architecture and the physical reality of structural inequality