An Eye for the Jugular A new documentary looks back on the life and work of satirist, novelist, and New Journalist, Tom Wolfe. Thomas Doherty 27 Oct 2023 · 11 min read
Betraying Their Maverick Roots, Fringe Festivals Have Become Ideological Gatekeepers A former artistic director of the Nanaimo Fringe Festival describes how transgender activists engineered her ouster. Bryony Dixon 24 Oct 2023 · 10 min read
British and Black Contemporary antiracism imposes an American framework that distorts our understanding of racial issues in different countries. Ralph Leonard 20 Oct 2023 · 12 min read
Champlain Goes to War In the thirteenth instalment of our series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes the crucial battlefield alliance that French explorers forged with Indigenous allies in 1609. Greg Koabel 19 Oct 2023 · 26 min read
The Extraordinary Life of Tom Nash âThe deep end is the best place to learn to swim.â Iona Italia 17 Oct 2023 · 19 min read
Hollywood Autocrat A newly restored Blu-ray release of âFoolish Wivesâ offers a welcome reintroduction to one of cinemaâs most gifted and eccentric artists. Jaspreet Singh Boparai 13 Oct 2023 · 12 min read
The Male Obsession with Ancient Rome We are all Romeâs children. Its legacy is everywhere we look. Stewart Slater 12 Oct 2023 · 9 min read
Columbus Day: A Fraught Celebration The world is better than it would have been had we remained isolated from each otherâeven for Native Americans. Christopher J. Ferguson 9 Oct 2023 · 7 min read
Man Out of Time A look back at the career of Avery Corman, who found popular success with âKramer versus Kramerâ before running afoul of feminism. Kevin Mims 6 Oct 2023 · 19 min read
Sculpture and Story Narrative art has been deeply unfashionable for about a century. But arenât art and stories inextricable? Aidan Harte 2 Oct 2023 · 20 min read
King of the Goths In the third instalment of âThe So-Called Dark Ages,â podcaster Herbert Bushman describes the rise of Alaric I, whose Gothic armies roamed Greece and the Balkans before marching on Rome itself. Herbert Bushman 2 Oct 2023 · 20 min read
A Country in the Making Sean Pennâs surprising new documentary explores âextreme historyâ in war-torn Ukraine. Brian Stewart 29 Sep 2023 · 6 min read
The Communication Revolution Like the first iPhone, Gutenbergâs Bible opened up avenues of development that entrepreneurs have been exploiting ever since. James Hannam 27 Sep 2023 · 10 min read
Champlain Gives It Another Go In the twelfth instalment of an ongoing Quillette series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes Franceâs halting efforts to create a permanent Canadian settlement in the early 1600s. Greg Koabel 27 Sep 2023 · 30 min read
âAugie Marchâ Turns 70 An Interview with Saul Bellowâs biographer Zachary Leader. Riley Moore 22 Sep 2023 · 12 min read
