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Sharma Taylor in Conversation with Alexia Tolas
Listen to the conversation between Sharma Taylor and Alexia Tolas, both shortlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, to ...
Patently necessary: taking health into our own hands
From the very beginning of the pandemic, monopolies on the production of tests and medicines were a part of the problem of surviving it.
Photography Open Call: Climate Change
To coincide with the Commonwealth People’s Forum in Rwanda and the run-up to COP27 in Egypt, the Commonwealth Foundation is ...
Threats to democracy are all around us
We've all been complicit in a steady, devastating erosion of the central ideals of liberal democracy.
Tuvalu, Tuvalu
Tuvalu, Tuvalu by Sir Iftikhar Ayaz KBE Tuvalu, Tuvalu – Our home and friend Our birth place – And end We love you There comes […]
Festive Poetry Event
Every society, every community, has its poets. They are the first storytellers, the ones who weave words into images, capture and ...
Time travel
Time travel by H.E. Dr Kevin M. Isaac Has time ever tempted you to run away, as far as your feet would go; to grab […]
I don’t want a dead hero
I don’t want a dead hero ~Farah~ I don’t want a dead hero However noble it may sound Yes, you can write stories about him […]
Seasonal message from the Director-General
Dr Anne T. Gallagher AO reflects on 2021 in this festive message.
Climate justice: small island states push back
On the first day of the COP26 climate summit, Tuvalu and Antigua and Barbuda took an important step towards climate justice.