Lacuna Magazine

18/10/2025

NEW: During a visit to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, law student Alisha Adjei developed a deeper understanding of the trauma inflicted by slavery. But she also left Ghana with questions about the way slavery and Black history more generally is taught in schools. In this story, she explains how visiting Cape Coast changed her life.

https://lacuna.org.uk/justice/cape-coast-castle-black-history/

During a visit to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, student Alisha Adjei developed a deeper understanding of the trauma inflicted by slavery. But she also left Ghana with questions about the way slavery and Black history more generally is taught in schools.

10/10/2025

NEW: Why do we learn so little about Black British history at school and through the media? In this story, a student interviews her grandmother to learn about the past. From memories of the Bristol Bus Boycott to the toppling of the Colston statue, they contrast key moments and figures in the campaign for racial equality in Britain.

https://lacuna.org.uk/justice/through-the-mirror-black-british-history/

01/10/2025

NEW: Somaliland is still dealing with the effects of the mass murders committed under Siad Barre’s rule, decades after the Isaaq genocide claimed tens of thousands of lives and left half a million refugees. As efforts to find mass graves and preserve testimonies face political and temporal challenges, survivors call for justice, remembrance and international recognition for the self-declared republic.

Read the full story at https://lacuna.org.uk/war-and-peace/somalilands-hope-for-transitional-justice-after-the-isaaq-genocide/

26/08/2025

Alan Blake's case is tragic, but not uncommon. Coroners' reports into deaths in prison over the past 5 years show delayed treatment is a repeated theme. Find the full story: https://lacuna.org.uk/food-and-health/neglect-denial-and-delay-disabled-people-in-prison-and-police-custody/

21/08/2025

NEW: What is it like to be disabled in prison or police custody? If something goes wrong, how do you access the structures, tools and treatment you need to survive? Around 36% of UK prisoners are disabled. In our latest story, Kai Charles investigates their experiences, finding a pattern of neglect, denial and delay within the confines of a crumbling carceral system.

What is it like to be disabled in prison or police custody? If something goes wrong, how do you access the structures, tools and treatment you need to survive? Around 36% of UK prisoners are disabled, and in this feature, Kai Charles investigates their experiences, finding a pattern of neglect, deni...

31/07/2025

NEW: Meet 20-year-old Anas al-Amarin, one of many Palestinians in Gaza turning to social media fundraising to survive.

Anas al-Amarin, a young Palestinian from Gaza, uses social media to raise funds for his survival and medical care after losing his arm in an Israeli airstrike.

31/07/2025

“After six weeks in South Africa, I am convinced that the programme benefited neither the local pupils nor the teachers, but myself most.”

Returning from volunteering in the Global South, a young writer questions how their time at a township school impacted local students and asks how volunteering could be reframed as reciprocity instead of one-way acts of assistance.

https://lacuna.org.uk/equality/volunteering-in-africa-white-saviourism/

🎨 Art by Jiraporn Puengprayotekij

23/07/2025

NEW: Looking back on the 2024 UK riots, this story conveys the fear and frustration of many people who no longer felt safe in the country that is their home. Reflecting on her identity as a first-generation British-Sri Lankan, a first-year undergraduate student wrote this piece - the winning response to the annual Lacuna Writing Competition.

Looking back on the 2024 UK riots, this story conveys the fear and frustration felt by many who no longer felt safe in their home country. Reflecting on her identity as a first-generation British-Sri Lankan, undergraduate Law student Nasha Salahudeen wrote this piece as the winning response to the a...

08/07/2025

“Par Meh had never known Myanmar. She was only one year old when her parents fled after their village was attacked. She has only known the camp, no country – neither Myanmar nor Thailand.”

Many of the young people living in the camps have blamed their circumstances on a lack of educational opportunities, harsh and brutal living conditions, and a refusal to exist in constant fear under an authoritative regime.

https://lacuna.org.uk/war-and-peace/karenni-refugees/

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04/07/2025

NEW: Despite being met with widespread disbelief and dismissal, could Donald Trump’s AI-generated vision of ‘Trump Gaza’ be following the earlier example set by Bali? Reflecting on the tourism boom after Indonesia’s deadly coup in 1965, our writer says this would not be the first time the US has been complicit in atrocities on foreign soil before using tourism to cover it up.

https://lacuna.org.uk/economy/turning-gaza-into-holiday-resort-precedent-bali/

Despite being met with widespread disbelief, could Donald Trump’s AI-generated vision of ‘Trump Gaza’ be following the earlier example set by Bali? Reflecting on the tourism boom after Indonesia’s deadly coup in 1965, Adam Robertson Charlton says this would not be the first time the US has b...

26/06/2025

More than two million refugees are currently living in camps on the Myanmar-Thailand border. In one camp, our writer, Ipsita Paul, speaks with Karenni refugees to understand what forced them to flee their homes in Myanmar, what life is like in the refugee camp, and what the future holds for them.

https://lacuna.org.uk/war-and-peace/karenni-refugees/

More than two million refugees are living in camps on the Myanmar-Thailand border. In one camp, Ipsita Paul speaks with Karenni refugees to understand what forced them to flee Myanmar, what life is like in the refugee camp, and what the future holds.

25/06/2025

⏱️ Here are 3 things you should know from our latest article on disability and climate justice in Delhi.

https://lacuna.org.uk/environment/delhis-climate-crisis/