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Key points such as the Strait of Hormuz indicate how quickly even the slightest tension can escalate into long term global trade disruption. Read via the link below. almamagazines.com/topical-co…
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20 May 2025
In the sun-drenched Riviera, a precocious choirboy learns about lust, luxury, and the politics of pleasure—from firework displays and football matches to Picasso and the art of topless sunbathing. almamagazines.com/essays/sun…
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i wrote an article about one miss taylor swift.....feels like eight year old me buying fearless has been preparing to write these three thousand words all my life thanks to @AlmaMag for their faith in this piece of swiftiecore analysis almamagazines.com/essays/lov…
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Every stranger we encounter has lives as vivid as our own. In our Pages From A Diary column we bring you personal histories of these strangers, both significant and modest. Read the whole piece via the link below! almamagazines.com/essays/no-…
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almamagazines.com/essays/arm… “In this age of tension—where romantic, complacent nostalgia often battles innovation and progress for cultural order, Peter Cat Recording Co. makes the case that the two can coexist, not just in harmony but in defiant interdependence.”
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15 Aug 2024
"The odds of having a child after injecting myself with hormones twice a day for ten days, then going under general anesthesia for retrieval on two separate occasions and shelling out €12,500? Somewhere in the range of 33% and 51%." By Emma Holmes almamagazines.com/essays/the…
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13 Mar 2024
Doctorow's writing is marked by its lyrical prose, vivid imagery, and intricate storytelling techniques. Visit the link below to know more about ALMA's WriteBeyond programme. almamagazines.com/writebeyon…
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11 Mar 2024
“You don’t have to worry about me,” I said, pulling down my sleeve to cover my Om tattoo. “I’m very patriotic. I collect Ronald Reagan commemorative coins.” Read "The Trump Bobblehead", a humorous fiction piece by Mark Tulin, @Crow_writer almamagazines.com/fiction-an…
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12 Oct 2023
Our pun factory is still churning out giggles, metaphors, and witty repartees behind the scenes. We're just taking a moment to refill our inkpots but our literary lunacy can never leave us forever. Ori will be back with a surprise.
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26 Jul 2023
“[Qala] just isn’t your typical theatre-fare, and neither does it fit in with any of the Hindi, indie cinema from the 2010s–primarily because of the scale of its locations, production design, and music.” shorturl.at/mCVY1
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24 Jul 2023
In a world where femininity is sneered upon, Greta Gerwig’s reputation as a maker of unapologetically girly movies that are nevertheless enjoyed by everyone is exactly what feminism in Hollywood needs right now. Read more below:   shorturl.at/afhwT

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24 Jul 2023
“Being mixed, to me, doesn’t mean that I am rootless, but that I have too many roots: roots that seem to grow everywhere, so widely that they cannot go deep, and so wildly that they have become all tangled up.” shorturl.at/hmsM9

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24 Jul 2023
She’d wanted so badly to believe him that she actually had. He would attend the wedding and leave before the reception was over. No stumbling in the door after midnight while she crouched by the toilet, vomiting in the dark. shorturl.at/dn178

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27 Jun 2022
“Young Ukrainians are being bombed, shot and orphaned, and they have not participated in the war or done anything to deserve their penalty, either. Nevertheless, they are part of the conflict. Why should Russian tennis players get a bye?” almamagazines.com/topical-co…
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17 Jun 2022
Read about how Dracula Daily turned a 125-year-old classic into the internet’s hottest book club in Pritha Deshpande’s Culture Couch piece and visit the column for more. bit.ly/3tBXrsH

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17 Jun 2022
“There exists the idea that the roll-out needs to be widened into an event of impressive, almost imposing magnitude.” Read about the psychology behind album rollouts and storytelling in this Culture Couch piece written by high schooler Swastik Mandal. bit.ly/3b3rGSS
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