In these unprecedented times (as nearly every TV commercial now begins), I guess it’s nice to know that Australia is + more
In these unprecedented times (as nearly every TV commercial now begins), I guess it’s nice to know that Australia is + 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
There’s a new podcast in town, and it’s (predictably) great. The Album Years, hosted by Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness, + more
How about some long reads for the long weekend? First, Marilynne Robinson, writing in the New York Review of Books, + more
If you’ve been spending the pandemic sitting around the house in underwear you haven’t washed in a week, sculpting tiny + more
I had in mind a couple of things for today’s post—until I read this jaw-dropping account of a stolen de + more
So I finally got around to watching Friday the 13th over the weekend. Yeah, I know it’s been out for + more
“Troubled by nervous energy and stress since he was young, an intermittent insomniac” who had “difficulty filtering noise and distractions + more