Nowadays, it’s harder than ever to separate the USA from its politics, with blanket coverage of the torpedoes being launched from the Oval Office against the established global order. However, for the seventeen-year-old me, the run up to our holiday was more about the allure of American popular culture – having grown up on a […]
Once Europe’s longest pedestrianized street, Nicosia’s Ladras Street has been transformed by the so-called Green Line that divides the city. The street’s traditional Cypriot life has been replaced by typical European retail chains, yet the requirement to show a passport to proceed hints at a deeper division. Despite attempts to bridge the cultural and religious divide, political tensions remain high; the city still bears the physical and emotional scars of the Turkish invasion of 1974, with no realistic end in sight.
Nomad Scribe 