Katie McCarthy

I haven’t properly understood the term ‘Groundhog Day’ until now. We all seem to be stuck in an endless loop of national lockdowns and rising infection rates. This feeling of déjà vu was heightened earlier […]

It is impossible to discuss German history without the term “National Socialism” coming into focus. Adolf Hitler defines Germany’s past just as much as fish and chips define British culture or as much as Donal […]

German art critic and writer Karl Scheffler wrote in 1910 that “Berlin is a city that never is, but is always in the process of becoming.” 120 years on, this statement could not be more true. Berlin is a city in […]

Sunday, 9th August 2020, saw a familiar narrative repeated in Belarusian history. Alexander Lukashenko, better known as ‘Europe’s Last Dictator,’ celebrated another landslide victory. He is now set to begin his s […]

Trigger Warning: This article contains references to eating disorder behaviours.

I have always been skinny. For most of my childhood, I didn’t even notice it. I was far more concerned with stuffing party r […]

Somewhere in Berlin, a diverse group of progressive, savvy music students prepare for a dinner party. We have Dasia, raised in Munich with Yemini roots, and Yael, who comes from Israel. Ahmed is from Nigeria, and […]

The history of the United States and the American Dream are two intrinsically linked notions, with the latter standing at the forefront of the country’s conception of itself. Any description of the American D […]

The 20th century was a time of rampant political change and unrestrained tyranny. One needs only to mention the word ‘fascism’ for such disturbing images to appear before our eyes: Hitler’s Nazi Germany, Benit […]

Imagine being live on TV when a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits the studio. The impulse to run for your life is tempting, but you are on live TV and cannot leave your audience hanging. You either assess the […]