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2025 Annual Review from a European Perspective
Here is Team Swann’s 2025 Annual Review: A European Perspective.
Sunday, 14 December 2025
Vocable April 2025
The April 2025's Vocable is entitled "South Africa: How to mend the past?".
In this edition you can find:
- African historical background as well as articles about controversial situations between the nation and the US government. For example, some Afrikaners cheer as Trump amplifies claims of persecution or a corner of Cape Town dealing with tourism / heritage dilemma. (p. 6 - 11)
- How today's generation of Youtubers becomes a source of gun-using tutorials. Weapon owners share tips and lifehacks about shooting faster etc. These people get called Guntubers. (p. 12 - 14)
- "The London Gazette": a mine of information since 1665. Britain's oldest newspapepr is described as a treasure trove of trivia where we would find some official documents along with laws. (p. 15 - 17)
- Project Iceworm that took place in American town that was built in Greenland in order to expand the US's power and interest (p. 18 - 19)
- Britain's negotiations and a possible come back to the EU due to Ukrainian crisis. ( p. 23 - 24)
- What is the "matcha obsession" and why it became such a trend between Gen Z and millennials. (p. 30 - 32)
- Interesting facts about celebrities and important people such as tate McRae, a populat singer, or Mike leigh, a major figure in British litterature, or Michelle Obama. (p. 34-39)
- Why "The Great Gatsby" parties on from stage, 100 years after publication. (p. 40-41)
- The secret to the success of "Saturday Night Live" TV humorisctic show which celebrates its 50th anniversary. (p. 44-45)
- The famous "Coachella Valley" : palm springs, the Cahuilla Indians, the festival capital of the world, the Salton sea and so much more... (p. 46-47)