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Velislav Ivanov is a bohemian, flaneur, and doctoral student.
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Diaphragm at #30: Serious stuff, this humour business

To celebrate the 30th issue of Diaphragm, former editor Velislav Ivanov looks back at ...

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2013 in facepalm moments

Usually, politics is about being plastic, slippery, smooth-talking, and – ultimately – boring. The ...

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The European Walkabout

In days of old, coming of age rites consisted of surviving on your own ...

Eutopia: Europe without Law

It was on a seemingly endless Friday afternoon when, exasperated by their jurisdictive duties ...

Bedtime reading

Curious about the first ever masochist? Want to get to know a “beautiful, cruel ...

Licence to doubt

Recent economic turmoils in the European Union have raised questions about democracy, or the ...