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Attending to Shakespeare on his own terms may allow us to reclaim the erotic warmth that is latent in our human condition.

4 Apr 2024 · 8 min read

Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Michael Hoffman, 1999)

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Glamourising Violence at Glastonbury

John Aziz 4 Jul 2025 · 8 min read

A man in Irish flag balaclava and Palestine flag.

Blasphemy, Censorship, and the Future of Free Expression in Britain

Pamela Paresky, Toby Young 4 Jul 2025 · 16 min read

Toby Young is a white man in his fifties. He is bald, with glasses and wears a suit.

From Welfare to Warfare

John Lloyd 4 Jul 2025 · 7 min read

NATO’s new Secretary General Mark Rutte and outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a handover ceremony at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on 1 October 2024.

The Ancient Roots of Western Self-Criticism

Marian L. Tupy 4 Jul 2025 · 7 min read

Henri Vidal, Caïn venant de tuer son frère Abel (1896). Marble statue in the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, depicting a grief-stricken Cain just after murdering his brother Abel.

Stealing Australia and Buying New Zealand

Sean Welsh 3 Jul 2025 · 16 min read

Stealing Australia and Buying New Zealand

After Liberal Internationalism

Matt Johnson 2 Jul 2025 · 21 min read

Man rides bike through rubble in Syria after war.