Japan and especially some districts and streets in Tokyo are known for their bright and vibrant street fashion style. Don’t be afraid when you are in a big city in Japan and walk into someone covered in (fake) blood. There…
The mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, has issued a decree which intends to prevent charities from handing out food and helping refugee children. According to this decree, the “regular, persistent and large presence of individuals distributing meals to migrants” poses…
Hide your bellybutton in Japan What do you tell terrified children when there is a storm thundering outside. Cover you ears? Go under your blanket? No, that’s not going to be of any help you when you’re in Japan. Japanese…
The Peter McVerry Trust, which aims at reducing homelessness, drug misuse and social disadvantage, intends to turn one of Dublin’s oldest buildings, Number 21 Aungier Street, into a shelter for the homeless. The building dates back to 1661 and is…
A new language, a new environment, a new school, a new home? Moving to a new country can be difficult for children of immigrant families, especially when those children are already prone to anxiety. Particularly children with a withdrawn temperament…
6 amazing podcasts you definitely shouldn’t miss! Listening to podcasts is a great way of improving your English or any other language, in fact. Why waste your time on a long train journey if you can listen to high quality…
A book recommendation – Howl’s Moving Castle Do you remember what you told your parents when they asked you as a kid what you wanted to become? I always wanted to become a novelist. I loved stories and the worlds…
Rude Germans, hungry students and the special Japanese way of saying “no” Meeting people from other cultures can be an interesting experience. Having flatmates from all over the world, I was confronted with the challenge of communicating across cultures on…
The first time I began questioning my national identity was on my train journey back home after coming back from my year abroad in England. My parents are both from Vietnam but I was born in Germany and have lived…
Irene Clennell, who has two children and a grandchild and who has been married to her British husband for 27 years, has been deported to Singapore because she spent too much time caring for her dying parents in her home…