If anyone is intereseted I've come across a new online puiblication called 'Are We Europe'. It is a non-profit media collective founded by and for young European to provide a platform for European journalists and creative individuals to portray the Europe they know and live in.
It's interesting so if anyone is interested you can find the magazine here:
https://magazine.areweeurope.com/
I found out about it because they approached me to see if they could publish some of my photography work that fitted thematically with the magazine, which was very exciting as this is the first time my work has been published and that I've been paid for it!
The link to that section is here:
https://magazine.areweeurope.com/silentrevolutions/stories/greg-turner-transformations
The general website is here:
https://www.areweeurope.com/about/
We're not Europe. I'm going to France and Germany next weekend, they're both Europe
We might have been part of it during the last ice age, but that was a while back. To say we’re Europe is a bit like saying Madagascar is Africa or Ceylon is India.
We are barely Britain. Being Europe is a bit of a stretch at this point.
No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!
Both weeksy and CountZero are wrong! Europe as an idea is denoted by those lands that inherit the Roman idea. (This, whether one is interested in religion or not, also includes having been part of 'Christendom'.)
And before you object and say that most of North Africa would be Europe by that definition, it may retain a residual Romanitas, but it fell out of the Roman sphere in the seventh century.
Would you rather
A. Stroke a dog
B. Eat a dog.
If A , you are European
If B , you are not.
C - complain about dog owners and how they’ve ruined everything.
You’re British!
Of course we are Europe ....
Funky, very true!
We are not worthy of being in Europe, UK is a ****ng horrible country these days - they are lucky to be rid of us.
Great pics, Greg. I've previously been critical of your fascination with things decrepit but the young people here are hope in their (still somewhat bleak) world.
We are not worthy of being in Europe, UK is a ****ng horrible country these days – they are lucky to be rid of us.
Why's that then? Has being in the EU for so long not helped?
We were Europe. I wish we still were.....
Like Edukator, I followed the link to your pics - a really interesting and worthwhile project, kudos.
Hello. Ireland here. Definitely Europe, just with worse weather. Hope you enjoy your freedom. Sorry to hear you're all racists now.
Hello. Ireland here. Definitely Europe, just with worse weather. Hope you enjoy your freedom. Sorry to hear you’re all racists now.
52% of "us" at least.
We might have been part of it during the last ice age, but that was a while back. To say we’re Europe is a bit like saying Madagascar is Africa or Ceylon is India.
We are connected by continental shelf to Europe. Madagascar is part of Africa as a political grouping and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) is almost joined to India, it was until the 1400s!
Its strange how we define links. We use cultural, political and geographical to suit ourselves and our arguments at the time.