Tag: love

What is romantic friendship? By Sukaina Hirji and Meena Krishnamurthy

Deep and lasting connection comes in many forms: we need a new vocabulary to talk about love.   The 20th-century novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch had a profound love for her closest friend, the philosopher, Philippa Foot. The two women first met when they were students taking classes in philosophy at Somerville College, Oxford. They remained friends for… Read More What is romantic friendship? By Sukaina Hirji and Meena Krishnamurthy

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Haroon: Ibtada-e-Ishq hai rota hai kya / Aage Aaage dekhiye hota hai kya

Ibtada-e-Ishq hai rota hai kya / Aage Aaage dekhiye hota hai kya Man Kunto Maula Abi Sampa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyZZBpxcLMw Cafe De Anatolia – Most Beautiful Songs V  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9w7cDeCguo African Relaxing Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njj4CX4OAMU Isle of Skye Drone Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RTMLn7rDRw&t=554s Kamlee: Hadiqa Kiani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oGSq6iGSjQ Vangelis – Theme from Antarctica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOwuniIgYXM Oxygene – The Ocean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI3yNckfSvU Nawang Khechog – Tibet – Cry… Read More Haroon: Ibtada-e-Ishq hai rota hai kya / Aage Aaage dekhiye hota hai kya

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Adrian Chiles: A stranger on a train – and a small, stunning act of kindness

As simple unexpected acts of kindness go, this one will take some beating. I was on a train from London to Plymouth last Friday afternoon, on my way to a reunion of some university friends, among them people I’d not clapped eyes on for more than 30 years. Oddly, I found myself getting nervous about… Read More Adrian Chiles: A stranger on a train – and a small, stunning act of kindness

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Simone de Beauvoir’s Lost Novel of Early Love. By Merve Emre

The legend of Simone de Beauvoir—of how an obedient Catholic schoolgirl cast off her rigid, patriarchal upbringing to become the high priestess of existential feminism – is often narrated as a love story. Her biographers trace her escape from the bourgeois Parisian milieu into which she was born, in 1908, first to the Sorbonne and then… Read More Simone de Beauvoir’s Lost Novel of Early Love. By Merve Emre

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Joyce Cheng: Tiananmen Square protesters remember the bonds they formed with the Chinese police who held them captive

Chen Tianshi has kept a secret for the past 32 years. The former student activist was a key organiser of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 and was arrested in the aftermath of the massacre. Out of the bloody crackdown, unlikely friendships formed between some protesters and their captors. Today, on the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen… Read More Joyce Cheng: Tiananmen Square protesters remember the bonds they formed with the Chinese police who held them captive

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Daniella Isaacs: What my lockdown calls to an old man taught me about laughter, life – and myself

A few days into lockdown, a Facebook notification suggested I join the local Mutual Aid, a community group that helps and provides companionship to the most vulnerable. I thought, fantastic, a focus, and clicked through to the WhatsApp group, desperate for distraction. But the group seemed inactive; there were very few messages. Days and weeks passed… Read More Daniella Isaacs: What my lockdown calls to an old man taught me about laughter, life – and myself

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