How the UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is 21st-century imperialism writ large: In announcing his plan to partner with Rwanda to manage migration, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed, on April 14 2022, that the UK is “a beacon of openness and generosity”. He lauded the great British tradition of offering sanctuary to …
Job seeking is the religious pilgrimage of the 21st-century: “It’s the journey, not the destination” seems like a modern proverb, because it emphasises experiences over results and promises personal transformation. However, millennia ago, theologians like Saint Augustine described life itself as a pilgrimage through the world, returning to God by purifying the self. While many …
Marx and Thatcher: how memorials have become the lightning rods of 21st-century protest: Marx's tombstone was vandalised with a hammer in February 2019. Paasikivi via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA In January 2018, Westminster Council turned down plans for a four-metre high statue of Margaret Thatcher in Parliament Square. The council explained that a new statue …