It may have been stuffy from overpopulation, but at least the slightly stifling air was fresh. The trees, stretching their way to the sun, released an earthy scent into the air. In the distance, mingling with the sound of bicycle bells and piano…

This year’s NES production will be Matilda the Musical, based off of the Roald Dahl book. It’ll be only the second since the pandemic! Being in the production myself, I decided to ask Ms Rezaei a few questions about it, to have a…

Yawning, I stepped in. It was going to be a bad night, but I’d promised. The “sky” was tinged orange, though I knew she’d tried to make it black. The stars were sloppy too - I caught one going supernova. The moon was…

Shajar al-Durr didn’t have the loftiest of beginnings. Born sometime in the early 1200s, she was probably a nomadic Kipchak Turk and was sold into slavery very young. As-Salih Ayoub, the son of the Egyptian sultan, was the one to buy her -…