Last week, the world was taken aback when an artificial intelligence-powered Russian app that allows people to see what they will look like in the future went viral. With a simplistic name called FaceApp, the app soon became more popular than major news headlines and even Facebook’s Libra. Within a few days, FaceApp has garnered over 150 million users who used the app to share various looks and persona while sharing it via various mainstream social media platforms. However, it turns out that the Russian-backed app might be a Trojan horse and many of its users could have opened themselves…
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We all know how lucrative Nollywood has become, being the 2nd biggest film industry on the planet! So it is always great to hear new talent emerging in The diasporas across the globe. A refreshing comedy drama which highlights the importance of humanising black British men by seeing them on the right side of the law. ’The Solution’ comes at a pivotal political time, where young black British men are consistently heavily profiled for crime and negative stereotypes in popular media and sadly, on screen in fiction film. We caught up with British Nigerian talents, Alex Kayode-Kay (Writer/ Co-director/ actor)…
Reading 1 Ex 12:37-42 The children of Israel set out from Rameses for Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, not counting the little ones. A crowd of mixed ancestry also went up with them, besides their livestock, very numerous flocks and herds. Since the dough they had brought out of Egypt was not leavened, they baked it into unleavened loaves. They had rushed out of Egypt and had no opportunity even to prepare food for the journey. The time the children of Israel had stayed in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. At the end of four…
I stared at the distant future Hallowed by the morning sun Far beyond the horizon Nothing but her I remember A sensuous pleasure to behold Fixed me in a trance As I swallowed hard A feeling igniting beyond reason She’s someone else’s! A voice echoed Can be yours’ nonetheless! Cried my ego I thought to neglect and care less But fate would not let go Presenting me again the Princess Beautiful and thin Fair and lovely her skin My sweet fairy queen For her smile I’ll walk a thousand miles Even swim the Nile Poem by…
Amy Brown, Swansea University We know breastfeeding protects infant and maternal health, saves the economy money, and, once it’s going smoothly, can be simpler, easier and cheaper than having to prepare formula. But getting to a place where it feels “smooth and easier” can be tough. Although many women start off breastfeeding many drop off from doing it after six weeks. Unfortunately the vast majority of women who do stop are not ready to do so, leaving them feeling demoralised, feeling guilty, and even at an increased risk of postnatal depression. But if so many women are struggling, does that…
Hayley Janssen, Liverpool John Moores University People in the UK are hooked on takeaways and microwave meals, or so we are constantly told by TV chefs and the media. This apparent addiction to fast food is leading to an obesity epidemic. But what exactly is “junk food”? And why is the consumer always at fault for failing to resist these hyper-palatable foods? According to a recent YouGov survey, we eat too much “junk food” and new research by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) says we can no longer say we do so because it’s cheaper. But how can we…
Pants have mass appeal and are always a good idea. This weekend, we couldn’t help but notice the array of colourful pants worn independently or paired with it’s matching jacket. Instagram babes are taking pants to an elevated street-style level and we are here to document our favourite looks. View this post on Instagram A post shared by CTM (@_chantellem) on Jul 11, 2019 at 11:08am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by StyleVitae (@stylevitae) on Jul 10, 2019 at 3:48am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlotte (@samyjovalentine) on May 18, 2019…
Alun Withey, University of Exeter Personal grooming has perhaps never been so important, so popular and so well-served by “product”. For men at least. Male grooming products are now part of a huge industry, worth hundreds of millions of pounds, with a bewildering array of skincare products on offer, from moisturisers and eye creams to makeup. Although it has ballooned, the market for men’s cosmetics isn’t just a modern phenomenon. In fact, over the past three centuries or so, shaving soaps, paste and scents have often been linked to contemporary ideas about what men should look like. In the 17th…
Traditional and Contemporary focuses on Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary tailoring. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See our weekly style catalogue. View this post on Instagram @edwigealamode ?? Outfit @grass_fields ? @dorcas.pw ✨ #ankarastyles #africanprint #style #africanfashion A post shared by Ankara Styles by Mrs Nobody (@ankarastyles) on Jul 19, 2019 at 1:18am PDT …
Millennials may never be privy to the luxury of privacy. This fact transcends the bane called capitalism which big companies like Facebook, WhatsApp and Snapchat, et cetera, use as the perfect excuse to get into our lives for their personal gain. It is broader than their so-called financial agenda. We are contending with the new innate need to tell the world what we are up to even though they really don’t care. (We aren’t just publicly washing our dirty linen, we are tossing our entire laundry to the streets. And we are okay with it.) Or are we? I’m not.…