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We live in a transitional period, when the possibility of being duped by incomprehensible intelligences—and thereby duping ourselves—has grown exponentially.
In a new Quillette series, historian and podcaster Greg Koabel traces the global origins of the land we now call Canada.
Most professors would rather watch it die than reform.
John Mortimer’s fictional barrister was—like his creator—a rogue redeemed by a fierce commitment to the presumption of innocence.
Something terrible happens when art can’t reach audiences.
Routinely reviled by contemporary critics as a celebration of misogyny, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ is among Shakespeare’s most misunderstood plays.
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.
Three Cheers for Harry Flashman!
Is failure to succeed as bad as the fall from success?
On art, artists, and the divided soul of comedian Russell Kane.
It is time to consider retiring awards segregated by the sex of the author.
Reappraising one of British journalism’s most notorious pieces of cultural criticism.
Two forgotten films from 1942 about Japanese internment offer a window into the shameful nativism of wartime America.
Nostalgia cannot rescue rock and roll.
Modern literary master William Kotzwinkle returns after a lengthy absence to serve up a double Bloody Martini.