Art is a way we can realise our imagination, feel its potential and piece it into a form of hope. Upon entering the Edinburgh Palestine Museum, one is not first encountered by images of ruin, but by Anani’s grand canvas of rolling hills, lush green trees, and floral meadows. Where one enters expecting violence, Anani’s painting embraces us in its haven and pokes at our presumptions: Why is it that people expect only darkness when they hear of Palestine? 

The crafts that once connected us and the earth have faded from view and taken with them fundamental relationships. A political enquiry into these media allows us to take craft seriously, as a tool to imagine and shape more cooperative, sustainable and liberating ways of life. This has never been more necessary than amidst our epoch of rapid accumulation, consumption and disconnection.

Modern work leaves many overworked and unfulfilled, trapped in cycles of productivity without purpose. This essay explores how alienation shapes our jobs today—and how rethinking work through care, creativity, and community can offer a more meaningful alternative.

Are you a ‘trad wife’, ‘sapphic’, or ‘enby’? As in gameplay, social media has the liberatory effect of being an open realm of possibilities.