Fanon and the Ayatollahs
The Third-Worldist roots of the Islamic Republic.
Aurele Tobelem
· 11 min read
Risky, Costly, and Extremely Cold
Any invasion of Greenland would be a logistical nightmare with no economic upside.
Sean Welsh
· 9 min read
Fixing Central Bank Politicisation
Trump’s assault on the Federal Reserve demands a structural solution: rules-based monetary policy that protects central bank independence whilst delivering better economic results.
Jai Kedia
· 8 min read
Why Tech Is Feminist
Nature is sexist. Technology is the equaliser.
Zion Lights
· 7 min read
A Hardy Myth
A reply to Bruce Gilley.
Oliver Kamm
· 7 min read
Bodies of Evidence
When combined thoughtfully with traditional historical methods, analysis of ancient DNA can illuminate the lives, characters, and motivations of people long dead.
Patrick Whittle
· 11 min read
Inside Iran’s Deadly Protests with Shay Khatiri | Quillette Cetera Ep. 61
An Iranian-born political analyst breaks down the origins of Iran’s latest protest movement, the regime’s brutal response, and what a political transition could look like.
Zoe Booth, Shay Khatiri
· 26 min read
The Gentle Wildness of Tasmania
Tasmania has all the majesty of other windswept high-latitude places, but it has always been less barren, more hospitable, more generous in its beauty.
Iona Italia
· 13 min read
Stranded in History
China’s over-reaction to a measured remark about Taiwan made by the Japanese prime minister is an attempt to move the Overton Window.
Aaron Sarin
· 8 min read
Podcast #321: Understanding Journalistic Groupthink
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Graham Majin about the recent scandal at the BBC, and the need for reporters to prevent the ‘poison of narrative’ from corrupting their craft
Quillette, Graham Majin
· 2 min read
Authorship in an Age of Automation
The quiet erosion of responsibility in an age of machine-generated prose.
Kieran Beville
· 6 min read
Francesca Albanese’s Campaign Against Israel
The UN Rapporteur’s latest report channels a single-minded contempt for the Jewish state.
Brian Stewart
· 7 min read
The Women of January 6th
A new book details the conspiratorial thinking and dark histories of two Capitol rioters.
Claire Lehmann
· 7 min read
Stormclouds Over the Capitol
Mary Clare Jalonick’s oral history of the 6 January riot is an important corrective to the second Trump administration’s vandalism of the historical record.
Ron Capshaw
· 7 min read
The Alliance Labour Needs?
Could a Labour-Liberal Democrat pact save Starmer’s collapsing government?
Renie Anjeh
· 21 min read