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Denyshi rocks, Ukraine, photographed on 22 May 2016. Location photograph, not the Stoned Climbers festival. Photo: Oneks22 / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Display may be cropped to fit.

Denyshi rocks, Ukraine, photographed on 22 May 2016. Location photograph, not the Stoned Climbers festival. Photo: Oneks22 / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Display may be cropped to fit.

Why start a festival during a war?

Ukraine’s Stoned Climbers festival began after the full-scale invasion. Its growth raises a question: why do people create new events during war?

jameskennell

4 days ago2 min read

Wreaths at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, 13 November 2016. Photo: Sgt Ross Tilly RAF/MOD. Crown copyright 2016. Reused under the Open Government Licence. Display may be cropped to fit.

Wreaths at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, 13 November 2016. Photo: Sgt Ross Tilly RAF/MOD. Crown copyright 2016. Reused under the Open Government Licence. Display may be cropped to fit.

How Remembrance Sunday has changed

Remembrance Sunday feels timeless, but participation and meaning have changed. Four decades of newspaper coverage reveal recurring debates about recognition, reconciliation and protest.

James Kennell

5 days ago3 min read

Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, photographed on 20 July 2013. Contextual photograph, not the September 2026 match. Photo: Isimic / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. Display may be cropped to fit.

Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, photographed on 20 July 2013. Contextual photograph, not the September 2026 match. Photo: Isimic / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. Display may be cropped to fit.

From the stadium to the funeral: dark events as infrastructures of political memory

How football displays and funeral rituals give contested memories public form — and carry the politics of past conflicts into the present.

jameskennell

Sep 87 min read

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