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21/12/2021

It seemed a special event, positive; nobody stopped to think hey, the weather’s not supposed to work like that. Halfway through drinks we stepped out for a snowball fight, most of us gloveless, some in heels. The bar, so standard and dull from years of unimaginative attendance, was a different setting than the one I’d been used to my whole life as we ducked and hid under the fence we queue at on Saturday nights. When tiredness settled, we rummaged through pockets and bags to find eyes, a nose, and a cigarette for the first snowman I’ve ever made in Madrid...

Check out Leti Batista Cabanas' reporting on the Spanish snowstorm that was never supposed to happen.

It is not supposed to snow in Madrid.

05/12/2021

Summers are getting longer, and hotter. Winters are getting shorter, and are some years absent altogether. Check out Max Hunter's reporting on zero-sum irrigation in a warming Andalucía.

The Sierra Nevada is one of the Spanish regions worst affected by climate change, and the acequia water system is buckling.

01/12/2021

There’s No Summit B

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Dedicated to the indigenous Brazilian activist who stunned delegates, protestors and police into silence with her harrowingly beautiful song of mourning in the struggle against climate degradation outside the COP26 Blue Zone in Glasgow. We were unable to confirm her identity but wanted to share her protest.

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We are pleased to launch the CRXSS Climate Chronicles, a new series on climate reporting which highlights the local impact of global warming, right here and now, in regions very close to home.

https://www.crxssmagazine.com/climate-chronicles

28/11/2021

01.12.21

12/11/2021

What's black and white and red all over? In the Arctic, a sun-burnt polar bear; on the Clyde, the stretched expressions of delegates tottering off evening trains at Glasgow Central Station.

COP Diaries - Week 2 - Hangover

Hangover: what's black and white and red all over? In the Arctic, a sun-burnt polar bear; on the Clyde, the stretched expressions of delegates tottering off evening trains at Glasgow Central Station. This is a COP which, added urgency aside, is also the first of its kind to feature world leader spee...

05/11/2021

An awkward coal pledge and climate activists in Glasgow - cut through the noise at COP with our daily roundup!

COP Diaries - Day 4 - Low Energy

Coal appeared under siege yesterday as Cop26 president Alok Sharma revealed that £13 billion had been committed to help the green transition. As the UK hurtles towards a coal-less energy mix by 2024, UK Energy Minister Greg Hands told delegates that “we must put public finance on the right side o...

04/11/2021

The toothless fangs of climate finance? Cut through the noise at COP with our daily roundup!

COP Diaries - Day 3 - Toothless Fangs

Money, Money, No Money The word of the day was plumbing. The scope of the private sector’s green ambitions yesterday sat atop the staggering £95 trillion-pound wall of assets at the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero’s disposal. But it was how this capital could be used effectively that wa...

03/11/2021

Cut through the clangour of yesterday's commitments with our daily roundup!

COP Diaries - Day 2 - A Sign?

Morning broke in Glasgow with reassurances by the heir to the Liechtenstein throne that “every state can and must contribute, and so does Liechtenstein”.

02/11/2021

Cut through the noise at COP26 with our morning roundup!

The COP Diaries - Day 1

Bagpipes & Bond... kicked off COP proceedings yesterday as world leaders sheltered in a flooded Glasgow for an afternoon of opening remarks on the progress made since 2015’s Paris conference. General disillusionment with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5◦C target for temperature increases, which was h...

01/11/2021

Ella Knndy on Tracey Emin and her shining performing persona in a joint exhibition with Edvard Munch.

Check our her review below!

An all-grown up Tracey Emin and the lighter touch of the artist’s performance persona shines through in a joint exhibition with Edvard Munch. The Loneliness of the Soul - a review by Ella Kennedy.

20/10/2021

Things can always get worse, but they don't have to.

Check out our latest opinion by Sophie Dowdy!

The world is ending. What are we going to do about it?

03/10/2021

Conventional liberal logic sees the English variant as a backward-looking, rage-fuelled reaction from those ‘left-behind’ parts of England that feel alienated by immigration, European integration and devolution for the Celtic fringe. The Scottish variant is a shining example of a liberally-minded, civic nationalism that offers to turn Scotland into a Scandi-paradise.

This is false.

Check out our feature by Max Hunter!

English nationalists are backward-looking and Scottish nationalists are cuddly? Think again.

30/09/2021

Woman in Havana

Photographer: Leo O'Mahony

26/09/2021

Chaotic messaging is just as deadly as a virus.

Check out our feature by Sebastian Godoy!

Chaotic messaging is just as deadly as a virus.

13/09/2021

Why should only chefs be our city’s hidden rockstars? What about the kind waitress that actually has to put up with all of your crap. She has to stay till midnight too.

Check out Ella Radley's latest feature!

Why should only chefs be our city’s hidden rockstars? What about the kind waitress that actually has to put up with all of your crap. She has to stay till midnight too.

05/09/2021

Have a read of our latest feature by Tom Gardner.

Afghanistan is our shame.

30/08/2021

Contemplation
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Photographer: Sophia Pradels

25/08/2021

GMO companies’ patents kill, rather than spur, competition in the United States, giving private businesses too much market control over which foods are accessible.

Our latest feature by Sebastian Godoy out now:

GMOs aren't the problem; GMO patents are killing competition in America.

17/08/2021

Portrait of isolation

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Photographer: Mert Kece

“During a recent self isolation period, I found myself sinking into a very specific new-found routine. In some regards I was trapped, while in others I was oddly more free than I might be otherwise. My aim was to capture in an image this new daily cycle, stuck inside, unable to truly interact with the world as I knew it but at the same time free to be creative and to self reflect.”

14/08/2021

There were a bunch of new sports at the Tokyo Olympics - how did they hold up? Do they have a future?

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Check out Sam Basel's take below!

Despite coming out of a pandemic that left the possibility of even having the Games in limbo, Tokyo featured several new or long absent sports, with over 50 more featured in the test phase. How were these competitions in terms of excitement and fan engagement, and will they make it through the ringe...

11/08/2021

Rusting boats on the Dubai Creek

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Photographer: Kimberly Lynn

08/08/2021

What does our obsession with zombies say about us?

Check out our latest article by Sophie Dowdy!

Zombies seem to reveal deeper fears about ourselves—our inability to get along with each other, our darkest desires, what we might devolve to if given the chance. But is this what apocalypse really looks like?

04/08/2021

The Perito Moreno Glacier by Leo O'Mahony Photography

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This glacier is one of the few in the world not retreating due to climate change, continuing to accumulate and lose mass in equilibrium.

28/07/2021

What happens when government violates international law? And what does it mean for refugee rights?

Check out our latest article by Sarah Davidson!

https://www.crxssmagazine.com/hostile-environments

16/04/2021

Feeling Blue
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Photographer: Zoë Kirkbride

10/04/2021

Skin and screen
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Photographer: Miriam Levi

05/04/2021

Hello sunny people ☀️ We’re excited to be teaming up with Edinburgh’s own Format Coffee for a tasty joint giveaway 🧡

Win a specialty bag of freshly roasted Guatemalan coffee beans for your own taste of homemade coffee magic along with a copy of our latest edition! ☕️

All you have to do is:

/ tag us CRXSS and Format in the comments section below and tell us your go-to coffee order for a chance to win / 🙌🏼

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We’ll be announcing the winner on 19th April so stay tuned!

The giveaway combo will be waiting for one of you lucky people at Format Coffeeshop for collection:

124 Buccleuch St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9NQ

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Good luck and just keep on swimming ✨

04/04/2021

Zelda Solomon reflects on her article from June 2020 in light of the recent racially-motivated killings of members of the Asian community.
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"I wrote this article over 9 months ago, largely to convince people that Anti-Asian racism is real. The past few weeks, I have seen outlets still question whether race was involved in the March Atlanta shootings, articles saying anti-Asian racism isn’t a White problem because it is primarily perpetuated by Black people and ending the conversation there, whole twitter accounts dedicated to bashing Asian women - and - horrific attack after horrific attack.

I can only hope that a belief system which motivates someone to kick a 65 year-old Asian woman to the ground and knock an 84 year old man out of his walker is a sign that the system is breaking.

The Othering we have witnessed is so undeniable, and the rallying call of Asian anger so powerful that it threatens to shake the notion of “proper,” complacent assimilation. It doesn't surprise me that this is met with resistance but I hope this piece can be a small nod to the fact that downplaying anti-Asian racism is not an isolated political opinion, but a consistent trend repeated throughout history.

As hurt as I am to see such mass grieving and fear in the Asian-community, I am also emboldened by seeing a new space being forged for Asian anger. It is a powerful, heartbreaking thing."

Read her piece below and to access more info what's happening and how you can get involved.

It is largely due to systemic invalidation that anti-Asian racism is often disregarded; since Asians have been granted privileges, racial attacks are seen as an impossibility...

28/03/2021

We’re excited to introduce our next photography theme on solitude with Miriam Levi’s:

Skin and screen
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Photographer:

Stay tuned for more pictures from our selection over the next month! 🌚

26/03/2021

Is the pressure of deadlines getting to you? 🤯

Take a wistful step towards summer vibes with this wholesome clip put together by Brown University student Laxman Soni!

Relax, you’ve got this 🧡