GlobalYell’s blog news
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The Spotify playlist
Each week a playlist of audio is curated to go alongside the articles on the blog. There is always a link with the articles although sometimes it is less obvious…
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Rohit Bal
The Indian fashion designer, Rohit Bal, known for his innovative blending of the sub-continent’s cultural heritage with contemporary design, has died. Bal credited his early childhood experiences of his mother’s…
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A note about photos on the blog
Over the past few years I have been very conscious that photographs convey a lot more than words but that has presented a moral dilemma. These days when images are…
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The forest that penned a song
A legal bid has proposed that an Ecuadorean forest be recognised as the co-creator of a song, a moral ownership that could help save it. The petition, initiated by the…
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Living the ancient high life
A recent and surprising discovery has been uncovered in the high altitudes of Uzbekistan’s southeastern mountains. The region was long thought to have been uninhabited because of the problems with…
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Emily Van Hoff’s playful quilts
Graphic designer, Emily Van Hoff, has come up with a new line of quilting fabrics. The new fabrics have been created for Moda Fabrics and will be available next year.…
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So she was turned to a pillar of salt
Jo Rogge, an artist who lives between South Africa and Namibia, is non-binary and creates work that comments and highlights social issues that they have experienced. In this show, just…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each blog is accompanied by a playlist of audio pieces on Spotify, the streaming platform. The playlist brings together disparate music and, sometimes, other audio that has something to do…
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No Dogs
This award-winning film is a hard-hitting, stylish and shocking look at 1930s America.
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Delft tiles… by AI
Artificial Intelligence might be concerning to some but might it also be a useful creative tool? A new company based in the UK makes use of AI to allow users…
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