“Austria comes alive on my divan,” said Berta Zuckerkandl, and this was an understatement. An influential journalist and art critic,… Read more Standpoint Magazine: Viennese rooms with a point of view
Category: Features
The Times (Raconteur special report): Why it pays to really get to know your employees
With remote working now mandated for many of us, making it work for different groups of employees is the next… Read more The Times (Raconteur special report): Why it pays to really get to know your employees
WIRED: We need to talk about investors’ problem with vaginas
“I walked into this room, and there were probably about 30 men in their late 50s and 60s – all… Read more WIRED: We need to talk about investors’ problem with vaginas
The Guardian: Smart bras and a light tracker: the wearable tech helping plug the medical gender bias gap
If you’re asked to imagine a person who has a heart attack, who do you see? Most of us think… Read more The Guardian: Smart bras and a light tracker: the wearable tech helping plug the medical gender bias gap
The Times Raconteur: Is greenwashing always a bad thing?
We often see businesses accused of greenwashing in the media. McDonald’s was questioned about its decision to get rid of… Read more The Times Raconteur: Is greenwashing always a bad thing?
Wall Street Journal: In a Concentration Camp, Dreams of a Café
Jewish communities have suffered a spate of horrifying anti-Semitic attacks on both sides of the Atlantic. Yet survival has always… Read more Wall Street Journal: In a Concentration Camp, Dreams of a Café
The Sunday Times Raconteur: Can you change your unconscious biases?
Unconscious bias training has become the go-to diversity training for large companies. Almost 20 per cent of US companies offer… Read more The Sunday Times Raconteur: Can you change your unconscious biases?
Standpoint Magazine: City where history is still being made
Long before either Ukraine or Russia existed, there was Kiev. For centuries, the city’s residents have been sauntering along the… Read more Standpoint Magazine: City where history is still being made
Times Literary Supplement: Whose London is it anyway?
Tucked away between office buildings by Euston station is where I found the Camden People’s Theatre. It’s a little place… Read more Times Literary Supplement: Whose London is it anyway?
Standpoint Magazine: Wholesome homes
One of the 20th century’s main advocates of high-rise tower blocks was the architect Ernő Goldfinger. To address the acute… Read more Standpoint Magazine: Wholesome homes
Marina Gerner, freelance feature writer & critic 