Preparing for this field trip has me thinking a lot about what this experience will bring. Travelling to Thailand will be a first for me, from the culture to the food and the pace of life, I am eager to try it all. All of this will feel both unfamiliar and exciting. I’ve only seen...
I have never been to Thailand before, but as the departure date draws closer, the idea of the journey begins to glow in my mind like a distant lantern. I imagine a place unlike anywhere I have seen—a world warmer, brighter, and richer in colour than cold December London. Somewhere beyond the long flight, I...
As the Thailand field trip gets closer, I find myself trying to picture what the experience will be like. I’ve never visited Thailand before, so my expectations are based on things I’ve read, watched, or heard from others. I know these impressions will never perfectly match reality, but they still shape how I feel at...
I am writing this blog on Tuesday, 2 December 2025, one full day before my departure, and I am feeling both excited and slightly worried about my trip to Thailand. I have travelled to many places and have branched out in practically every direction, both within and away from Europe. I have also travelled east,...
In some families, the inheritance isn’t money… It’s a knife. A baton of survival, passed silently from one generation to the next. On streets like Church Road, among communities of colour, that baton became a legacy. The truth for many young black boys is that the knife isn’t about power; it’s about protection, identity, or...
To belong to a place you never lived in is a strange inheritance. For many diasporic Africans, “home” is more a presence than a location, felt in names, rhythms, stories, and the hushed pull of a continent that lives inside us even when we may never have stood on its soil. It is important as...
In this digital age, questions of who speaks, who decides, and who benefits have become central to understanding how technology reshapes democracy. Digital activism has redefined participation, transforming communication and civic power through Artificial Intelligence or AI. In the context of this discussion, it will be argued that AI will continue to expand accessibility...
Having returned from our trip to Turkey, I feel like I have a much deeper and more personal understanding of the country. I anticipated gaining knowledge, but the experience exceeded all my expectations. I experienced moments that truly astonished me, particularly the sensation of moving from one continent to another in just a few minutes....
When I was a child playing sports in my small rural town, I could never understand why I sometimes felt so uncomfortable. As a young teen, I just wanted to do the thing I loved: playing games with people I considered my friends. Yet I would speak to my family and ask why I didn’t...
The history of the Caribbean is rooted in the lives of its Indigenous peoples, such as the Kalinago and Taíno communities, who sustained themselves through fishing, agriculture, and careful use of natural resources. This long-established way of life changed dramatically from the 15th century onward as European powers—including Spain, Britain, France, and the Netherlands—began colonising...
This trip to Turkey has been an immense pleasure. We were fortunate to be in the presence of various academics and student representatives who shared their presentations, further deepening our understanding of Turkey’s development model and beautifully uniting and building upon every lecture and reading we have covered in this module. This trip allowed us...
Over the last week, I embarked on a journey with my classmates to Istanbul, the city known as the meeting point between Europe and Asia, not only in a literal geographic sense, but also through its rich culture, vibrant politics, and storied history. Istanbul is a unique city because it seamlessly blends the legacies of...