Nudity and Nonconsensual Viewing The question of whether an artwork is offensive is now determined by the least generous interpretation of the most sensitive viewer. Julia Friedman 28 Apr 2023 · 10 min read
The Inimitable Barry Humphries Farewell to Australia’s best-known comic and social satirist. Andrew Gleeson 25 Apr 2023 · 8 min read
The Man Who Invented the Modern Cop Novel Joseph Wambaugh’s crime fiction has been much imitated but seldom equalled. Kevin Mims 23 Apr 2023 · 20 min read
Orwell and Socialism Reflections on the Western Left’s fragmented ideology. Michael C. Anderson 21 Apr 2023 · 7 min read
Canada’s Norse Interregnum In the second instalment of an ongoing Quillette series, historian Greg Koabel describes how Leif Erikson ended up in Newfoundland Greg Koabel 20 Apr 2023 · 26 min read
Holy Roller A tribute to Chris Bailey, the late frontman and co-founder of Australian punk band the Saints, who died a year ago today. David Cohen 9 Apr 2023 · 11 min read
Kazuo Ishiguro and the Uncanny Cascade We live in a transitional period, when the possibility of being duped by incomprehensible intelligences—and thereby duping ourselves—has grown exponentially. Anthony Eagan 7 Apr 2023 · 17 min read
Canada’s First Inhabitants In a new Quillette series, historian and podcaster Greg Koabel traces the global origins of the land we now call Canada. Greg Koabel 5 Apr 2023 · 26 min read
The Real Reasons Why the English Department Died Most professors would rather watch it die than reform. Adam Ellwanger 5 Apr 2023 · 9 min read
Remembering Rumpole John Mortimer’s fictional barrister was—like his creator—a rogue redeemed by a fierce commitment to the presumption of innocence. Kevin Mims 1 Apr 2023 · 19 min read
Don’t Let Cancellation Become Banal Something terrible happens when art can’t reach audiences. Nina Paley 27 Mar 2023 · 5 min read
Game, Set, Match Routinely reviled by contemporary critics as a celebration of misogyny, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ is among Shakespeare’s most misunderstood plays. Marilyn Simon 24 Mar 2023 · 12 min read
The Masks We Wear; The Faces We Present A new exhibition at London’s Museum of the Mind explores the personality masks worn by the mentally ill and by the professionals who treat them. Hannah Gal 22 Mar 2023 · 8 min read
A Universe of Fizzled Stars Is failure to succeed as bad as the fall from success? Thomas Larson 17 Mar 2023 · 11 min read
