Nathan Yang looks back at the first half of 2020 and the defining moments that lead to radical shifts in societal priorities and reflects on the events that sparked global change. He also questions the possibilities of the rest of 2020 and the future. The year 2020 certainly has written a story much greater than…
Category: Features
Portraits of Protest
UCL students attended Black Lives Matter protests in London and Berlin. Solidarity, unrest and placards- these are snapshots of the global movement. ‘We are at a critical moment in race relations discourse in the UK and around the world. The work of Black Lives Matter and many other anti-racist organisations that has been years in…
Beyond the Horizon: Portugal’s Plan for Atlantic Expansion
David Figueira Bourton explores the consequences of Portugal’s lost empire, and the economic strategies set to reinstate its influence on the political map. During the European Age of Discovery, an era that marked the start of globalisation, Portugal was one of the pioneering powers establishing trading posts (feitorias) in the Middle East, South Asia, Africa…
The Bloomsbury Geographer 