Ana Rodrigues

#17 From the borders of the union

An Mhór-Roinn, The continent

Growing up in Northern Ireland’s county Armagh, Tomaí Ó Conghaile was just one kilometre away from the border of the Republic of Ireland, where children

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#13 Designing (for) Humans

Dress to Express

My mother tells me that when our family arrived in the United States, I turned my seven-year-old back to the class each time the teacher

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#12 Online Lies, Offline Lives

Down the rabbit hole

Many evenings, my mother would sneak into her bedroom for hours at a time. She would lie on the bed, her face brightened by the

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#17 From the borders of the union

The icon of a secular Türkiye

On 29 October 1923, a modern nation rose from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the

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#16 Vices & values

La Drogueria

Plain text: BREAKFAST Emergency birth control pill (one) Contents: 1.5 mg levonorgestrel Desired effect: prevent a pregnancy within 72 hours after unprotected sex Estimate cost:

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#16 Vices & values

The forgotten remedy

When taking the train from the Polish capital of Warsaw to Motycz—a small village in the east of the country—there is a point where you

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#16 Vices & values

Guilty pleasure

Throughout the continent, coffee is a drink that Europeans champion in the number of litres consumed per capita. In 2021 alone, Europeans drank 35 billion

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#16 Vices & values

Tiny Stories

Have you taken your vitamins today? Two out of three Europeans buy vitamin supplements and half take a regular dose every day—whether they have a

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