Words Don’t Matter
We have power over words, not vice versa.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 6 min read
Podcast #209: In Defence of the British Empire
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Oxford Professor Nigel Biggar, author of a newly published, best-selling book that examines the mixed legacy of British colonial rule.
Quillette, Nigel Biggar
· 1 min read
Thoughtful Aesthete or Cheerful Philistine?
On art, artists, and the divided soul of comedian Russell Kane.
Robin Ashenden
· 9 min read
Do We Still Need a Women’s Prize for Fiction?
It is time to consider retiring awards segregated by the sex of the author.
Josh Allan
· 7 min read
The ‘Shitty Media Men’ Legal Saga Comes to a Close
Years after being falsely accused of rape, Stephen Elliott will receive a six-figure defamation settlement from Moira Donegan.
Jonathan Kay
· 7 min read
Paul Was Dead Right
Reappraising one of British journalism’s most notorious pieces of cultural criticism.
George Case
· 6 min read
Nick Cave’s Lessons in Grief
The singer’s new book awakened me to a paradoxical fact: tragedy can sometimes remind us of what makes life worth living.
Neil Gray
· 7 min read
The Rise of Father Absence and Its Attendant Social Ills
Fatherless children are at higher risk of delinquency that undermines their own prospects and disrupts the communities in which they reside.
David C. Geary
· 12 min read
Heavy Lifting
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela’s ‘Fit Nation’ offers a fascinating but frustratingly selective history of America’s physical fitness obsession.
Joe Lombardo
· 10 min read
Amy Wax and Academic Freedom
The investigation into the polarizing law professor violates the most basic tenets of academic freedom.
Steven Grant
· 14 min read
“Be Vigilant, America”
Two forgotten films from 1942 about Japanese internment offer a window into the shameful nativism of wartime America.
Thomas Doherty
· 10 min read
Marching Backwards
Mary Harrington’s proposed solution to the excesses of modern feminism is an overcorrection.
Marilyn Simon
· 14 min read
Re-Genesis
Nostalgia cannot rescue rock and roll.
Simon Evans
· 13 min read
Forgetting vs. Overcoming: Abuses of History and the 1619 Project
The 1619 Project is, strangely, a history project that encourages forgetting as much as it remembers.
Robert C. Thornett
· 15 min read
Monks and Murder
Modern literary master William Kotzwinkle returns after a lengthy absence to serve up a double Bloody Martini.
Kevin Mims
· 18 min read