Media-friendly battles: More London education cut demonstrations

9 Dec
And some not-so-bewildered shoppers

So, another week another student protest here in Londonland. Angry students gathered in the city centre November 24 and 30 to once again vocalise their …

Can we really trust ‘civil society’ to combat extremism?

24 Nov
He can wield a gun, but how are his typing skills?

First of all, apologies for the nearly photo-less entry. In the journalism MA course I’m currently on here in London, I’m taking an elective titled …

UK student protest: Anger in the middle class

12 Nov
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One of the day’s top news stories: an estimated 50,000 students from across the United Kingdom gathered in London yesterday to protest the government’s cuts …

Uchimizu for the Akiba crowd

23 Aug
Perfume promoting the benefits of spraying water on concrete

The practice of uchimizu is, these days, not quite as aesthetically important as Wikipedia makes it out to be, but is still a surprisingly prominent …

Checking out the neighborhood ruins

22 Jun
Eerie yet peaceful, reminded me of Silent Hill--on a sunny day.

While urban exploration has grown in popularity in the West in the past 10 or so years, the hobby is also quite a large niche …