censorship

All sound is amplified in Galway City Library. As if the quiet italicises every small noise: The growl of my stomach, someone’s soft footfalls, the rustle of pages and scratch of pens. Outside the world turns. Its freeways are jammed, its…

When I first touched down in China, I was struck by several things - the heat, the driving, the amazingly cheap food, and the efficiency of the cities. But the one thing that continues to baffle me as I slowly become habituated to my new…

Each fortnight, HeadStuff brings an unadulterated critique of the global art scene. As part of documenta 14 in Kassel, The Parthenon of Books is a symbol of opposition to the banning of writings and the persecution of their authors. To…

We love Instagram! Why? Because it gives you access to tonnes of visual art at your finger tips! Follow @thisheadstuff to stay up to date with our finds on our favourite app! Every week HeadStuff's Visual Arts Editor will feature posts…

Censoring Author Alaa-Al-Aswany in Egypt President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is leading a crackdown on voices of dissent in the public domain. Alaa-Al-Aswany, bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building, has been forced to cancel a…

Last month, the Independent published an article that boasted the title 'Young, well educated - and permanently offended.' It would be monumentally ironic if I were to say that I was offended by this article. I was not. I was, however,…

We live in an age of algorithms. They fly our planes for us, explore the distant rocks of Mars for us, find us our soulmates (or at least a cheeky Tinder rendezvous), and even help us find something good to stick on the telly of a dreary…

With the news that Tyler, the Creator has been banned from performing in the UK for the next three to five years, certain things come to mind. Firstly, it feels like the world has regressed back in time, through the courtroom scenes of the…

Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about breastfeeding. People are writing about it, websites are making polls about it, women are doing it. Even so, it seems that breastfeeding has been branded a ‘non-issue.’ Women have been breastfeeding…