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Who Comes First? Language, Tourism and Identity in Mallorca's Advertising
Europe, Opinion
Who Comes First? Language, Tourism and Identity in Mallorca's Advertising
Europe, Opinion

After travelling in Mallorca, Emilia Raymond-Martin reflects on the economic, political and social implications of monolingual versus multilingual signs and advertisements. She examines how linguistic diversity and local language promotion can go hand-in-hand.

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Europe, Opinion
You’re a Tourist: Act Like One
Travel, Opinion
You’re a Tourist: Act Like One
Travel, Opinion

People are obsessed with the idea of belonging, but what does that mean abroad? Can you ever ‘live like a local’? No, argues Jana Abdel Aty. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

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Travel, Opinion
Matcha and the Hierarchy of East Asian Cultures in the UK
Asia, Opinion
Matcha and the Hierarchy of East Asian Cultures in the UK
Asia, Opinion

Rosa Savage explains how Matcha, a type of powdered green tea, is marketed to the West as entirely Japanese, despite its Chinese origins. She explores what underlying societal beliefs may be informing our perception of the beverage.

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Asia, Opinion
A Long, Long Time Ago, a Book you Read Changed your Life
Linguistics, Features
A Long, Long Time Ago, a Book you Read Changed your Life
Linguistics, Features

Lizzy Riley explores the many ways in which reading as a child can benefit language development

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Apuntes del fin del Mundo I: Modern Musings on Buenos Aires
Apuntes del fin del Mundo I: Modern Musings on Buenos Aires
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Milei Wins Argentine Midterm Elections
Milei Wins Argentine Midterm Elections

Rebecca Turner gives an insight into President Javier Milei’s landslide victory in the Argentine midterm elections and how the news has been received by right-wing figures around the world.

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The Biological Notion of Power: Symbiosis in U.S.-Latin American Relations
The Biological Notion of Power: Symbiosis in U.S.-Latin American Relations
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Year Abroad

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A Moveable Feast: le chagrin à Paris
A Moveable Feast: le chagrin à Paris
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PARIS – FALL / WINTER
PARIS – FALL / WINTER

Molly Middlebrook curates her Paris Fall/Winter fashion report as she investigates the world famous ‘parisian style’ and provides her top styling takeaways from her time in this iconic city.

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Nuevas Navegaciones III – Capricho Árabe
Nuevas Navegaciones III – Capricho Árabe

Stop number three in Asher Porter’s solo travels takes him to Córdoba, where he discovers a picturesque city steeped in history, encounters eerie atmospheres at his hostel, and whose spur-of-the-moment visit to the royal stables turns him into a V.I.P. for the evening.

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Expanding the vision of cultures, art and languages in Cambridge and beyond.

Le Penseur Auguste Rodin

Europe

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The Last Man Standing: Pedro Sánchez, Europe's Left-Wing Exception
The Last Man Standing: Pedro Sánchez, Europe's Left-Wing Exception

In a political portrait of Pedro Sánchez, Emilia Raymond-Martin explores how the Spanish Prime Minister is a rarity in Europe. This article looks at how Sánchez, one of the few remaining socialist progressive leaders amidst the drift to the right happening across Europe, often stands out and stands alone on the European political stage, and highlights the challenges he faces at home and abroad.

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Who Comes First? Language, Tourism and Identity in Mallorca's Advertising
Who Comes First? Language, Tourism and Identity in Mallorca's Advertising

After travelling in Mallorca, Emilia Raymond-Martin reflects on the economic, political and social implications of monolingual versus multilingual signs and advertisements, and examines how linguistic diversity and local language promotion can go hand-in-hand.

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“It was never about the dress”: in defence of Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
“It was never about the dress”: in defence of Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

Highlighting the important role of couture in the history of film, Millie Gordon launches an impassioned defence of Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (Anthony Fabian, 2022), arguing that the film is anything but superficial.

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Travel

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‘What’s Wrong, Babe? You’ve Barely Touched Your Country’
‘What’s Wrong, Babe? You’ve Barely Touched Your Country’

When people ask where you are from, what do you say? In Egypt, I’ve noticed that people often expect a very specific answer - a neighbourhood, or even a street, rather than a city or country. Part of this is likely due to Egypt’s relative homogeneity. With most people being Egyptian, simply stating your nationality adds little new information. However, as a third culture kid - someone who grew up in countries different from my parents’ culture  - I find it difficult to identify with locations as small as neighbourhoods, and sometimes even cities. Instead, I prefer broader labels, such as Egyptian and British. What interests me is how much pride and patriotism people attach to these identities.

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Gran Canaria: Where Continents Converge
Gran Canaria: Where Continents Converge

The lady on the bus from the airport to Las Palmas says “mi cielo” pointedly. I glance reflexively over my shoulder before I realise she is addressing me, a stranger, as “my sky.” I move out of her way and am thanked with “ohh, gracias, cariño” (“ohh, thank you, darling”) before — noticing I am travelling alone — she asks me where I am going and why. Within a couple of minutes, she has texted her daughter who lives in Vegueta and opened up her camera roll to show me which buildings offer the best glimpses of the city’s sunset skylines.

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Os zumbidos do Brasil (Hummings of Brazil)
Os zumbidos do Brasil (Hummings of Brazil)

It was Vinicius de Moraes – the Brazilian poet, essayist, playwright, and musician – who said that “Brazil is a country where music and dance are inseparable from everyday life”. As well as seeking to capture this musical essence, the video aims to convey the general murmurings of the country. For the soul of Brasil’s sound lies not only in its melodies, but also in the everyday movements of its people.

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Plaza Mayor Madrid

Middle East, Central Asia and Africa

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Petit Dej à Casa
Petit Dej à Casa

Inès Oulevay recounts the richness of breakfast in Morocco.

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A Palestinian Pint
A Palestinian Pint
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At the Intersection of Europe and North Africa: Reflections on Being Mixed Race in Malta
At the Intersection of Europe and North Africa: Reflections on Being Mixed Race in Malta
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Asia

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Limehouse: London’s First Chinatown
Limehouse: London’s First Chinatown

This article discusses the often overlooked history of Limehouse, London’s original Chinatown, and reflections on what Chinatowns in the United Kingdom represent as a part of British identity.

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Matcha and the Hierarchy of East Asian Cultures in the UK
Matcha and the Hierarchy of East Asian Cultures in the UK

Rosa explores Matcha, a type of powdered green tea, as a product marketed to the West as entirely Japanese, despite its Chinese origins, and what underlying societal beliefs may be informing our perception of the beverage.

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The International City of Shanghai: a ‘Semi-Colonial’ Histor
The International City of Shanghai: a ‘Semi-Colonial’ Histor

As the editor of the Asia Section, I chose, as a historian, to explore the story of the International Settlement in Shanghai, a littoral space of colonial hierarchies and inequality, yet of cooperation and growth.

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Normandy, France,  photographed by Sophie Levy

Linguistics

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Gender: The Ultimate Language Game
Gender: The Ultimate Language Game

From fuzzy prototypes to classical definition failure, Caitlin Newman explores how gender was never a category to be defined, but a game to be played.

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Why do some languages feel weirdly familiar?
Why do some languages feel weirdly familiar?

Why do some languages feel closer than others? Ibrahim Farah explores an alternative map of language similarity, one drawn not from ancestry but from how languages are actually used and translated in everyday media.

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Hearing the Unheard IV: Playing Devil’s Advocate – Why Should we Protect Minority Languages? 
Hearing the Unheard IV: Playing Devil’s Advocate – Why Should we Protect Minority Languages? 
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Alumni stories

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Liv Bonsall: Penguin, Marketing, and the roots of the Cambridge Language Collective.
Liv Bonsall: Penguin, Marketing, and the roots of the Cambridge Language Collective.

Liv Bonsall, one of the co-founders of the Cambridge Language Collective sits down with current Editor-in-Chief Rebecca Turner to share her career journey and talk about the roots of the collective.

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Jade Cuttle: “Tuning in to the World of Plants”
Jade Cuttle: “Tuning in to the World of Plants”

Languages and Creative Writing graduate Jade Cuttle talks to Co-editor Liv Bonsall about her career post-Cambridge as well as her debut album, ‘Algal Bloom’.

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Ed Posnett: Using Your Languages and Pursuing a Career in Writing - Part II
Ed Posnett: Using Your Languages and Pursuing a Career in Writing - Part II
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