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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

24 December 2019

Stephen Lowe The age of innocence
Stephen Lowe has a lot to learn, especially when it comes to balancing childhood and adulthood.
24/12/2019

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The age of innocence

18 December 2019

Stephen Lowe Social Standing, Social Credit and Social Cleansing
Set to be rolled out nationwide in 2020, a social credit system has been described as China’s “most ambitious project in social engineering since the Cultural Revolution”.
18/12/2019

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Social Standing, Social Credit and Social Cleansing

13 December 2019

Thomas Tutton Surprised by the election result? Just look at Britain’s media
It’s finally over. Gone are the hopes of millions of Britons who rejected Brexit, who feel European and who refused to believe that this tragedy would actually come to pass.
13/12/2019

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Surprised by the election result? Just look at Britain’s media

10 December 2019

Josh Oudendijk Why have concert tickets gotten so expensive?
In the age of microscopic music streaming profits, artists and labels are pulling out all the stops to find other ways of making big bucks in the entertainment biz. A majority of wealth comes from music tours, with tickets frequently selling at exorbitant prices. Meanwhile fans continue to buy them. How far will this go?
10/12/2019

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Why have concert tickets gotten so expensive?

7 December 2019

Nathalie Lodhi Politicising tragedies is inevitable yet despicable behaviour
It's true that working in the news industry, you tend to get a bit immune to the terrible things that occur in life. The cynic in me sometimes looks at a headline and thinks 'wow that will make a great headline!' and then comes down to earth. But some topics and their politicisation remain a no-go in my opinion.
07/12/2019

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Politicising tragedies is inevitable yet despicable behaviour

3 December 2019

Gerry Erang PISA tests are a bad joke - but one we should still laugh at
So Luxembourg performed poorly at the PISA tests? Here's why we shouldn't care - the results do not reflect the quality of an educational system.
03/12/2019

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PISA tests are a bad joke - but one we should still laugh at

26 November 2019

Gerry Erang Luxembourg needs tougher sentences for child sex offenders
A number of recent court cases in Luxembourg revolved around child pornography, abuse, and other child sex offenses. Some of our readers reacted with outrage to the lenience of several sentences - and with good reason: Luxembourg needs tougher sentences for criminals convicted of child sexual abuse.
26/11/2019

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Luxembourg needs tougher sentences for child sex offenders