Photographer RM/Shutterstock It is now well known that the Ukrainian president is a former comic, but this is a misleading representation of his past career. Vlodymyr Zelensky is a seasoned performer with a string of professional roles, including the voice of Paddington Bear (the Ukrainian language version), Love in theContinue Reading
Warfare has always involved an element of propaganda. Indeed, without mass communications that attempt justify violent actions there arguably can be no war. Soldiers need a cause to fight for. Publics need a cause to back. World leaders and influential global figures need to become advocates for one side orContinue Reading
Zhenya Voevodina/Shutterstock Many western countries have a wide range of news sources that are free from direct government interference. From the development of multi-channel television, rolling 24-hour news journalism, to the ever-expanding choice, immediacy and reach of online and social media, the infrastructure of western national media systems makes itContinue Reading
Would Russia really use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine? Tereshchenko Dmitry via Shutterstock Warning: this article is accompanied by an image that some readers might find distressing. The United States has issued a stark warning that Russia is preparing to use biological and chemical weapons in Ukraine. The claimContinue Reading
The Ukraine war has become to some extent a proxy conflict between Nato and Russia. The American president, Joe Biden – supported by other Nato leaders – made it clear even before the invasion that the US and Nato would not become involved in the conflict militarily. Instead, Biden soughtContinue Reading
Teacher and artist Sunn M’Cheaux has been posting on social media about “linguicism” after a reader asked him about the word “ax”, saying: “Why did we struggle saying ‘ask’? Like when I was little, I always said ‘ax’. Like I couldn’t say the word correctly.” M’Cheaux’s response counters the commonContinue Reading
The studio’s early works were lauded for their “universal” storytelling. Its new approach champions personal stories—and audiences are the richer for it.Continue Reading
Apps like Tinder, Google Maps, and Telegram give activists a way to share what’s really going on in Ukraine—for now.Continue Reading
The popular ecommerce site is riddled with half-used packets of diet pills and harmful health supplements, highlighting the need for tougher regulation.Continue Reading
A protester outside an immigration detention facility in Melbourne, Austraila. FiledIMAGE/Shutterstock The life of limbo for people in immigration detention is often deeply traumatic. In this week’s episode of The Conversation Weekly, we talk to two experts on immigration detention in Australia and the UK about why people are waitingContinue Reading
