The Young Elizabeth, Seen Through a Child’s Eyes
The diaries of Elizabeth’s wartime companion illustrates the special burdens faced by royalty—and Elizabeth’s fitness to bear them
Barbara Kay
· 13 min read
Never Apologize for Trying to Tell the Truth
Those who repress inconvenient facts or produce fictitious evidence to nourish a politically convenient story are simply not historians.
Jeffrey Herf
· 8 min read
Peter Straub, 1943–2022
Farewell to another of the Big Six novelists from the Golden Age of American horror fiction.
Kevin Mims
· 13 min read
Quillette Weekly
Ukraine takes back territory, and remembering Queen Elizabeth II 1926 - 2022
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
Reject the Rules of the Social Media Game
The only winning move is not to play.
Niamh Jiménez
· 20 min read
What the Left Keeps Getting Wrong About Ukraine
Vapid bromides about peace and negotiation are no substitute for policy and a frank acknowledgement of Russia’s responsibility for the conflict.
Matt Johnson
· 10 min read
Podcast #197: From VisiCalc to Global Cloud Computing: Lessons from a Lifelong Love Affair with Digital Technology
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to veteran Microsoft program manager, R&D coordinator, tablet-computing pioneer, and workplace visionary David Jones about the joy of spreadsheets, the art of “schedule chicken,” Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and “Clippy,” everyone’s least favourite digital office assistant.
Quillette
· 1 min read
Queen Elizabeth II 1926 - 2022
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: Born April 21, 1926, Died September 8, 2022, aged 96.
Claire Lehmann
· 2 min read
Against Authenticity
To be human is to be artificial.
Bo Winegard
· 7 min read
Malthusian Theory Has Always Been False
A review of Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet by Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley. (August 2022)
Robert Zubrin
· 8 min read
The Infantilization of Culture and History
We should reject an unfalsifiable frame that can make anything and everything offensive or problematic, no matter how innocuous.
Alan S. Rome
· 9 min read
The Campus Trans Diktat: No Debate, No Dissent—And No Jokes
Before firing me, my university investigated everything I’d said about gender ideology, right down to the satirical quips I’d made on Twitter.
Frances Widdowson
· 7 min read
A Good Laugh
Farewell to the charm and sleaze of Boris Johnson.
John Lloyd
· 8 min read
Fate, Faith, and Suffering
Coping is not enough. We must strive to live.
Samuel Kronen
· 27 min read
Universities Have a Sustainability Problem
The era of disconnected, infinite knowledge production should draw to a close.
Robert Frodeman
· 7 min read