Polari: a language unlike others you’ll have heard of. This language, composed of subculture dialects, was born in the 18th and 19th century, and was used by individuals across the LGBT + spectrum to communicate while avoiding persecution and mainstream understanding. In this way, it became a crucial element of queer subculture between the 1930s and 70s, when it was most widely used.
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin came as a surprise to many of his contemporary readers, after all he was a writer known for his work on the African-American experience, and this was a book about a white American man in Paris. The book ,nevertheless, was (mostly) well received and remains a classic text in the LGBTQ+ canon, though Baldwin himself said that the story was “not so much about homosexuality”.
In the UK’s political climate that we live in today, as we are concerned with many democratic current affairs such as political candidacy or election fraud, it easy for us to forget that there is a plurality of states existing under the structure of a monarchy, some without a republican or democratic framework. As of 2019, there are 44 sovereign states in the world with a monarch serving as head of state, 13 of which are in Asia.
Crude oil, otherwise known as unrefined petroleum, is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid made up of hydrocarbons found beneath the Earth’s surface. The date at which oil was first discovered is disputed, however, historians agree that oil was first discovered in China.
It would be safe to say that, if you have survived this far, you probably would have seen one of the twenty-three Pixar feature films in your life. I’m sure I’m not the only one who still gets excited from a new trailer from the famous animation studio. So, what’s their story?
