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11 wonderful ways the internet’s destroyed Theresa May’s “strong and stable” PR spin
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has now set in stone a mantra for the upcoming General Election. With the drearily predictable "strong and stable" repeated ad infinitum, May continues what comes naturally…
7 reasons why Finns are living in the future
70 years ago Finland was still something of an agrarian backwater. Fast forward to today and Finns live in one of the most futuristic societies on earth. They might not be teleporting to their summer cottages…
Ihana kesä! The history of hot Helsinki summers, in pics
Finnish summers are short and sweet, but they sure can be spectacular! It's important to enjoy every single second of them before the long dark winter comes once again. In Finland, summer appreciation…
10 books about sport that every fan should read
As much as we know you’d like to spend every waking minute following plays and tallying points and yelling at the referee, there’s always some dead point during the weekend when there’s no sport…
How Kontula Electronic helped transform an unloved Helsinki suburb from “slum” to cool
How can you make a suburb cool? If you're in Helsinki on April 21-23 2017, drop by the free Kontula Electronic music festival to find out.
9 of the world’s greatest thinkers on the stupidity of nationalism
Surprise: some of the world's sharpest minds have had less than flattering things to say about nationalism. Let's have a look at their wise words.
15 fantastically fun protest signs from the Unite for Europe march
Tens of thousands marched in London today to celebrate 60 years of the European Union and protest the titanic idiocy of Brexit. Friend of Ink Tank, and ardent Remain campaigner, Simon Field was there and…
Worker’s Paradise: Not-My-Job is the Meme of Minimal Effort
You know those days when you just need to nominally get stuff done, because you just don't care? Well, here are some of those moments caught on epic photos.
14 quotes about fascism that everyone should read
The neo-nationalism of Brexit and the election of the nativist Donald Trump have rejuvenated far-right politics in a way that's not been seen since the 1930s.To help shed more light on this hateful, hate-mongering…
14 incredible photos of Britain’s 1975 vote to stay in the EU
Back in 1975, Britons had their first chance to ditch membership of the European Economic Union in favour of an isolationist policy in an already international world. Happily, sane heads prevailed in this…
Not the end of the world: 9 ways Finland made 2016 rock
2016, a terrible year, say memes on the Net. Well, humanity has seen worse. So, rather than dwell on the bad, let's look at some of the cool stuff that went down in Finland this past year.
Photos of bombed, WWII Helsinki mashed up with prosperous modernity
During WWII, the Continuation War against the USSR, Helsinki was severely bombed in early 1944. These pics mix war torn streets with 2014 shots of the same.
