In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move from England, with her four children (three sons, one daughter), to the island of Corfu, Greece. Once there, the family moves into a dilapidated old house that has no electricity and that is crumbling apart. But life on Corfu is cheap, it's an earthly paradise, and the Durrells proceed to forge their new existence, with all its challenges, adventures, and forming relationships.
Gay CECOT survivor rebuilds his life in Spain while speaking up for voiceless immigrants in America
The Venezuelan makeup artist who became the face of a controversial deportation case discusses life after release, lingering trauma, and the men whose stories he believes the world has forgotten.
The world’s happiest people have a beautifully simple way to tackle loneliness
Toad, a 20-year-old Danish woman living in Copenhagen, has been lonely her whole life. She is autistic, and as a child, did not have any friends. When she moved from the country to the city, not much changed. “They says it’s a phase, but a phase becomes a life,” she says, surrounded by six other young adults in a cozy apartment in Copenhagen—all of whom are working on becoming less lonely.
Ten fathers took extended leave to care for their babies – how their family life changed
Fathers became more involved in the often invisible domestic work needed to keep family life running smoothly.
Incest, in This Economy? — Parapraxis
The 21st-Century Family Romance BRIAN CONNOLLY
LF11 - Cohort Futures
On belonging, becoming, and communities with a clock.
Peaches
On a faraway island in another place and time entirely, a young man yearns for more.
Le Trou (1960)
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer.…
‘Never seen anyone’: Inside One Nation’s deserted Victorian headquarters
Exclusive: One Nation’s headquarters in Victoria are a deserted ghost town just months away from the election that Pauline Hanson vowed would be a turning point for her party.
Canadians Adopted Refugee Families for a Year. Then Came ‘Month 13.’ (Published 2017)
Everyday Canadians spent a year embracing Syrians in the world’s most personal resettlement program. Letting them go might be the biggest test yet.
Romain Delès, sociologue : « Les parents français sont les champions d’Europe du pessimisme parental »
Dans un entretien au « Monde », le chercheur, qui figure parmi les dix lauréats 2025 de la Fondation pour les sciences sociales, détaille le travail qu’il a réalisé pour l’institution autour du thème « Enfanter ». Pour lui, la complainte parentale française est le fruit des inégalités hommes-femmes au sein du foyer.
The living hell of Equatorial Guinea’s missing prisoners and their families
The living hell of Equatorial Guinea’s missing prisoners and their families
First-ever Home Office data reveals hundreds of child refugees wrongly treated as adults, despite expert warnings | Helen Bamber
After years of campaigning, the Home Office has for the first time published its own data confirming that hundreds of child refugees arriving in UK alone are being wrongly treated as adults, with devastating consequences. These children are routinely placed in adult accommodation, immigration detention and even adult prisons.
Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons,…
From a prize-winning historian, a new portrait of an ex…
