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I Never Thought the Best 24 Hours of My Life Would Involve So Many Policemen

The 24 hours start at around 8pm with me walking south along a road that travels parallel to the Nile. I was a few days into what was…

Oct 29, 2023

I Never Thought the Best 24 Hours of My Life Would Involve So Many Policemen

Oct 29, 2023

Jack Cryer

Kazakhstan 3: A Rocket in the Desert

I stepped out the third class carriage of the train 26 hours after it had departed from Almaty. I was in a village just outside the city of…

Nov 7, 2023

Kazakhstan 3: A Rocket in the Desert

Nov 7, 2023

Jack Cryer

Kazakhstan 2: The Nuclear Ghost Town

For the west, the 1950s meant post-World War Two economic expansion and the birth of the baby boomer generation. It meant the start of the…

Nov 6, 2023

Kazakhstan 2: The Nuclear Ghost Town

Nov 6, 2023

Jack Cryer

Kazakhstan 1: The Invisible Gulag

“If we live in a constant state of fear, can we remain human?”

Nov 5, 2023

Kazakhstan 1: The Invisible Gulag

Nov 5, 2023

Jack Cryer

Finding Humility Across the Political Spectrum

We should admire in each of our tribes what could be deemed the rarest of all characteristics in our individuals: humility.

Oct 29, 2023

Oct 29, 2023

Jack Cryer

How a Walk Down the Nile Put British Inequality into Perspective

Among all species, humans are unrivalled in their capacity to adjust to new circumstances. We are inspired by stories of those who, despite…

Oct 29, 2023

Oct 29, 2023

Jack Cryer

A Scotsman in Egypt

It was sitting on a rooftop in the town of Dahab, Egypt that I met Duncan. It was midnight and I had joined a group of a dozen…

Oct 29, 2023

Oct 29, 2023

Jack Cryer

Making Flapjack on the Ashes of Her Home

None of these stories are mine; they’re ones I’ve heard told by others in the past which have stuck with me and pass through my mind with…

Oct 29, 2023

Oct 29, 2023

Jack Cryer

Jack Cryer

I'm Jack Cryer, a final year economics student at the University of Sheffield. I like to write about travel, politics, economics and philosophy.

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