Beginning in Gladness, Ending in Madness 1900–1950 was a golden age of literary eccentricity. Stephen Akey 21 Feb 2024 · 14 min read Wallace Stevens, Simone de Beauvoir, Vladmir Nabokov.
Podcast #262: Interintellect and the Modern-Day Salon Iona Italia talks to globetrotter and intellectual magpie Anna Gat about her modern-day salon, Interintellect. Quillette 6 Dec 2024 · 36 min read
The Recline of the West Since the 18th century, the very process of innovation was uniquely institutionalised in the West. That is now precisely what is being globalised. Lawrence Cahoone 6 Dec 2024 · 18 min read
The Eerie Beauty of ‘Flow’ Gints Zilbalodis’s beautiful dystopian story feels like the start of a new era in cinema, or at least the invitation to one. Roy Wayne Meredith III 4 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
Games and Thrones The real history of the era portrayed in Gladiator II is much more interesting, tumultuous, and murderous than Scott’s simpleminded yarn. Charlotte Allen 4 Dec 2024 · 13 min read
Sanitising a Paranoid Crank Misleading and irresponsible journalism is being used to launder the reputation of RFK Jr. Matt Johnson 3 Dec 2024 · 10 min read
The Weak Horse Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power. Brian Stewart 3 Dec 2024 · 8 min read