Stewart Slater

Stewart Slater is a freelance writer based in London. His work has appeared in Spiked, Areo, and Modern Stoicism.

The Many Faces of ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’

Alexandre Dumas’s novel is by turns an adventure story, a paean to bourgeois values, and a Greek epic. No wonder it continues to fascinate.

Stewart Slater

14 Mar 2025 · 9 min read

Human beings need meaning, and a life in which all one’s needs were met by external agents would fail to provide it.

Stewart Slater

5 Dec 2023 · 9 min read

We are all Rome’s children. Its legacy is everywhere we look.

Stewart Slater

12 Oct 2023 · 9 min read

Rocky's vision of a good life was humble, traditional, and local.

Stewart Slater

15 Jul 2022 · 8 min read