Quillette (Page 17)

Sculpture and Story

Narrative art has been deeply unfashionable for about a century. But aren’t art and stories inextricable?

Aidan Harte 2 Oct 2023 · 20 min read

King of the Goths

In the third instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ podcaster Herbert Bushman describes the rise of Alaric I, whose Gothic armies roamed Greece and the Balkans before marching on Rome itself.

Herbert Bushman 2 Oct 2023 · 20 min read

A Country in the Making

Sean Penn’s surprising new documentary explores “extreme history” in war-torn Ukraine.

Brian Stewart 29 Sep 2023 · 6 min read

Clearing Out My Father’s Office

Reflections on a vibrant scientific career cut short.

Geoffrey C. Kabat 29 Sep 2023 · 15 min read

The Communication Revolution

Like the first iPhone, Gutenberg’s Bible opened up avenues of development that entrepreneurs have been exploiting ever since.

James Hannam 27 Sep 2023 · 10 min read

Champlain Gives It Another Go

In the twelfth instalment of an ongoing Quillette series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes France’s halting efforts to create a permanent Canadian settlement in the early 1600s.

Greg Koabel 27 Sep 2023 · 30 min read

Old Model, New Tricks

On the 85th anniversary of his death, a look back at the legacy of Nikolai Kondratiev and its implications for the coming age of GenAI.

Elliot Leavy 26 Sep 2023 · 6 min read

‘Augie March’ Turns 70

An Interview with Saul Bellow’s biographer Zachary Leader.

Riley Moore 22 Sep 2023 · 12 min read

Strange New Sci Fi

If truth is the first casualty of war, then perhaps good fiction is the first casualty of culture war.

Johnny Schmidt 21 Sep 2023 · 17 min read

Huns to the North. Romans to the South

In the second instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ podcaster Herbert Bushman describes the events that sparked the fateful Gothic invasion of the Roman Empire.

Herbert Bushman 19 Sep 2023 · 25 min read