Playing Gad
Gad Saad’s new book tackles an interesting topic. Unfortunately, the author’s narcissistic ramblings make it almost impossible to read.
Ben Sixsmith
· 8 min read
book review
A collection of 51 posts
The Roots of Recession
As an energy shock looms, a new book reframes recession as the product of historical circumstance, not cyclical inevitability.
Joel Kotkin
· 11 min read
What Makes the West Western?
Naoíse Mac Sweeney’s new book tries to convince readers that Western civilisation doesn’t exist.
James Kierstead
· 15 min read
A Lucky History
Tony Abbott argues that Australia’s history provides a lot to be proud of.
Sean Welsh
· 12 min read
The Women of January 6th
A new book details the conspiratorial thinking and dark histories of two Capitol rioters.
Claire Lehmann
· 7 min read
Better Than Bobby Fischer
Danny Rensch never became the world’s greatest chess player. But his improbable rise from traumatised cult child to dot-com wunderkind represents an even more impressive achievement.
Jonathan Kay
· 15 min read
How Cancel Culture and Sensitivity Readers Are Shaping the Publishing Industry and Silencing Dissent | Quillette Cetera Ep. 51
As literary gatekeeping intensifies in the age of social media, author and Harvard fellow Adam Szetela joins Zoe to unpack how moral panics, elite ideology, and institutional cowardice are transforming publishing—and why the culture wars are being fought sentence by sentence.
Zoe Booth
· 27 min read
Reviewing Bronze Age Pervert's New Book: Quillette Cetera Episode 27
A conversation with Quillette writer Oliver Traldi.
Zoe Booth
· 1 min read
The Extraordinary Life of Tom Nash
“The deep end is the best place to learn to swim.”
Iona Italia
· 19 min read
In an Age of Scams, Self-Help Falls Short
An individualistic focus only goes so far in preventing scams and frauds.
Sohale Mortazavi
· 10 min read
Humanity Should Split More Atoms
The cure for poverty and climate change is nuclear.
Lea Booth
· 8 min read
The Real Cost of Cheap Labour
Michael Lind's 'Hell to Pay' presents a dire cautionary message to the political establishment.
Sohale Mortazavi
· 9 min read
A Declaration of Decadence
Mary Jane Rubenstein’s real target in “Astrotopia” is not the corporate space race, but the very ideas of humanism and progress.
Robert Zubrin
· 7 min read
Words Are the Only Victors
Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a powerful reminder of his vital role in the endless battle for free speech.
Christian Kriticos
· 11 min read
Douglas Murray's War on the West—A Review
If 'The Strange Death of Europe' was a requiem for a stricken continent, 'War on the West' is intended to be an act of defiance.
Gisa Tunbridge
· 9 min read