Kwame Anthony Appiah has an interesting piece over at the Atlantic on language and usage, racial designation as social identity, + more
Kwame Anthony Appiah has an interesting piece over at the Atlantic on language and usage, racial designation as social identity, + more
from ATTICS OF MY LIFE Robert Hunter* In the attics of my life Full of cloudy dreams unreal Full of + more
Evangeline Garreau, from the latest issue of her never-boring email newsletter, on the occasion of her thirtieth birthday: One thing + more
In these unprecedented times (as nearly every TV commercial now begins), I guess it’s nice to know that Australia is + more
“People who don’t write think that writing is just the physical act,” says author Edward P. Jones, “but first come + more
To all you “traumatised Brits” triggered by an American woman’s TikTok video describing how to make a cup of “British + more
Seems appropriate right now to share this, the first known television interview with Nelson Mandela: Only twenty-four seconds long, the + more
Matthew Walther thinks John Lennon’s “Imagine” is the worst song ever recorded. (He’s right, of course.) “Dark heritage” in context. + more
After moving to Argentina three years ago, Dominic Hilton remains frustrated with his inability to learn the language—and bemused at + more
From the The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same Department (courtesy of Plato, in his critique of + more
Couple of cool stories from Humanities magazine: Ron Stanford rediscovers some photographs taken in 1972 while he and his wife + more
It’s official: Repeatedly dropping the F-bomb increases both your tolerance and your threshold for pain. Lest you think that a + more
“English is an immensely complicated language to get right,” writes Mark Forsyth, “and native speakers often have no idea of + more
There’s a new podcast in town, and it’s (predictably) great. The Album Years, hosted by Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness, + more