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‘Euro summer’: Do travelers value experience or appearance?

Lea Rivel November 17, 2023
Seeing posts about European travel and its commodification made me realize that “Euro summer” is about more than just vacationing. The phenomenon has brought to light travelers’ ability — or lack thereof — to be culturally sentient and understand the world around them in a nuanced way, even if in limited quantities.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

The Effect of the Death of a Monarch | The Intersection

Katie Harmon September 15, 2022
Columnist Katie Harmon unpacks how Her Majesty's passing could mean a less political or economically stable United Kingdom.
East to West: Mar. 29, 2021

East to West: Mar. 29, 2021

Justin Tang March 29, 2021

Content Warning. This episode contains mention of sexual assault. Jenga Building floods! Today on East to West, we cover a water main breaking on a BU construction site and its campus-wide effects,...

Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: Unified Ireland?

Max Ferrandino March 17, 2021
Northern Ireland leaving the EU would create many problems that would be difficult to resolve, as if a unified Ireland is already a sensitive enough issue
Simon Stone’s “The Dig” depicts a team of archaeologists who conduct an excavation on the property of a widow and her son in 1939. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘The Dig’ is captivating, beautiful exploration of past

Connor Allen February 4, 2021
“The Dig,” the Netflix film, portrays a dynamic, true story intertwining themes of history and modern existential longing with dramatic scenes concerning life, death, love and family.
Rio’s Reel: Heavy falls 'The Crown'

Rio’s Reel: Heavy falls ‘The Crown’

Rio Reardon December 3, 2020
We watch shows like "The Crown" not to be educated about events as they actually happened, but rather, to see life breathed into that history and gain new perspectives on stories we thought we knew.
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies hosted a virtual panel Friday in which professors discussed the impact of the U.S. presidential election on other countries. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

IR professors examine international impact of 2020 US presidential election

Rachel Do November 18, 2020
This year's election has fed much of American news coverage, but the race has also garnered attention far beyond U.S. borders.
“Fake it Flowers,” London-based singer beabadoobee’s studio debut album, was released Friday. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: beabadoobee’s ‘Fake It Flowers’ proves ’90s rock transcends its era

Cameron Morsberger October 19, 2020
Twenty-year-old Dirty Hit stand-out beabadoobee released her debut album Friday, cementing her status in 90s-influenced rock.

Pardee Dean Adil Najam reflects on death of Sharat Kumar Nambiar, Pardee senior

Samantha Kizner January 29, 2020
Sharat Kumar Nambiar, a senior in the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, passed away in a car accident in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Dec. 25. Rohit Krishnakumar, Nambiar’s childhood friend and a university student in Britain, was also killed in the accident.
WILSHERE: Revisiting a forgotten process

WILSHERE: Revisiting a forgotten process

Meredith Wilshere February 3, 2017

When I stepped off the London Tube, I had no idea what to expect. I was meeting up with a half-Irish, half-British man as part of my “say yes and try new things” attitude that came with my study abroad...

YANK-JACOBS: Britain would lose power from a European Union exit

YANK-JACOBS: Britain would lose power from a European Union exit

Kobe Yank-Jacobs March 2, 2016

Voters in the United Kingdom will be making an extraordinarily consequential choice on June 23, when they vote on whether or not to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, which allows member states...

Colin Firth stars as Harry Hart (left), a spy who helps Eggsy, played by Taron Egerton, apply for Kingsman, a top-secret independent intelligence organization in “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” released Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION

REVIEW: “Kingsman” offers bloody, but bloody good, thrills

Conner Reed February 13, 2015

Just over halfway through Matthew Vaughn’s new spy thriller, “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” Academy Award-winner and coiffed human teacup Colin Firth dryly utters this sentence: “I am a Catholic...

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