When the seemingly simple is anything but. — Learning another language is an admirable goal, one that deep down most people share. But most of us make our way through adulthood doing little about it. For many, the reason is that it’s unlike many other forms of learning. In addition to time and effort, it also requires a…

An account of an afternoon in the ‘crucible of protest’ Saturday 7th September marked Wales’ third march for independence, the second I’d attended myself, and the first in the valleys of the south Wales coalfields. …

A look at the classic anti-fascist anthem by Manic Street Preachers, and its continued relevance — If you tolerate this, then your children will be next. Aside from holding the record as the longest song title without brackets, these are as foreboding a collection of words as you can imagine. So at first glance it doesn’t seem destined to be a song that would help the…

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Regretfully, this publication will no longer be accepting submissions — I regret to announce the end of Alternative Perspectives as a publication. I want to begin by thanking the writers and readers that have helped to make this a welcoming space — one full of warmth, imagination, humour, and a huge variety of perspectives to learn from. …

A brief update — You may have notice a delay in the publication of submissions here at Alternative Perspectives. This has been due, in part, to some hardware related issues I’ve been experiencing that means I haven’t had consistent access. This has led to a backlog of stories waiting to be published, so I…

A brief explanation — The situation in Ukraine is awful, and from a personal perspective my thoughts are with all those suffering — from the Ukrainian civilians to the Russians protesters. I’m reticent to write anything more specific on the crisis, because the truth is that information is a weapon — during war as…

Now you’re giving different words to different people? — Wordle: the word game where everyone in the world gets to play the exact same round of the exact same game as everyone else, then compare notes. Except, that is, when the makers randomly decide to switch it up for no reason. Recently, my partner and I played the game…

And the rest of the family — I’ve done pretty well at avoiding the virus until now. After well over two years of the coronavirus pandemic, the only positive lateral flows I’d seen until recently had been posted on social media. That isn’t to say that those who caught it earlier on are in anyway to blame…