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This is the world that we live in; twelve months of Lucid Magazine (0)

This is the world that we live in; twelve months of articles about arts, culture, news, politics, travel and current affairs from Lucid Magazine. 

Available soon in paperback from www.lucidmagazine.co.uk for £10 plus p+p.
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This is the world that we live in
Introduction 
When the idea for Lucid magazine [...]

Tents, trains and the great outdoors (6)

Tents, trains, and the great outdoors. Athena Kugblenu encounters whole new experiences in the country she’s always lived in.

Linked to the past (0)

Lucy Graham visits Hereford Cathedral’s Chained Library – the most complete surviving example of its kind.

A Woman of Conviction? Ayaan Hirsi Ali (0)

As Time magazine publishes its annual list of the 100 most influential people of the year, Sylvia Arthur talks to former Time 100 alum Ayaan Hirsi Ali about Islam, feminism and living in exile

Chasing Andy Roddick (0)

It’s 10.30am on a grey Wednesday morning. A modest queue of tennis fans snake around the block patiently waiting to gain entry into the pre-Wimbledon warm up. A tantalising bill awaits those with staying power: Murray, Nadal, Djokovic and… Roddick.

Damian Marley and Nas spoil West London with their roots-rap-reggae collaboration (5)

An unusually low level police presence, a bag search that failed to uncover my hip-flask and an unsighted stumble towards our seats set-up the evening for us. And yes, as we scan the stage through the haze, there is a lot of weed in the air tonight. 
We booked seated tickets in the circle because we’re [...]

Whistle-stop to Ballycastle (0)

Paul Knipe experiences the joys of travel and escape without leaving the UK.

Young people are not in education, employment or training and New Labour has done nothing about it (0)

Val is 25 years old. His parents came from Sierra-Leone. He was raised on a rough, white, working class estate in North London. I know it’s rough because the flat-roofed pubs in the area have stained and tatty Union Jacks hanging outside – they’ve probably been hanging there since the 70s. 
When I first met Val [...]