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Worthy of Attention
LUCY THYNNE - George Saunders embraces his kind absurdity
Jan 15, 20236 min read


Town and Gown
JOSHUA TAYLOR - Reconsidering the University in the age of culture wars
Jan 15, 20238 min read


Blank Signs
CHARLIE TAYLOR - Russia’s independent media during the war with Ukraine.
Jan 13, 20238 min read


Pond Crossing
PAIGE ALLEN - Albanese and Kingsolver explore old novels in new places
Jan 7, 20238 min read


Beware the Ides of Marche
NICOLÒ VERTECCHI - The long view behind the rise of Georgia Meloni's Fratelli D'Italia
Jan 6, 20237 min read


Music of Resistance
ADAM POSSENER - Warsaw Autumn and the politicisation of the Avant-Garde.
Jan 4, 20237 min read


Two Hearts
TARA SALLABA - Integration and alienation amongst Germany’s Turkish diaspora.
Jan 2, 20236 min read


Essaying Identity
SARAH MOORHOUSE explores the role essays play in answering questions about identity.
Sep 7, 20228 min read


Never Grow Old
DUNCAN WHEELER - The Abba Avatars Party On
Jul 19, 20225 min read


Own Your Unconscious
REBECCA DILLON - Navigating the architecture of Egan's new novel
Jul 16, 20228 min read


Beeber Fever
OSCAR JELLEY - The future of the BBC in its centenary year
Jul 16, 20229 min read


Under The Shadow of Stalin
CHARLIE TAYLOR - charts the life of pianist-dissident Maria Yudina
Jul 16, 20228 min read


Mother Tongue
ISABEL TEJERA - considers grief and time in Ocean Vuongs poetry
Jul 16, 20227 min read


Time after Time
SYLEE GORE - A new poetic language of time.
Jul 16, 20227 min read


Pointless Novels
ELIZA BROWNING - Love and loss in the Ivy League.
Jul 15, 20229 min read


Patchwork Poetics
CECILY FASHAM - reviews two new collections which interweave material and memory.
Jul 15, 202210 min read


Under Construction
DOMINY GALLO - Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's forward-looking philosophy
Jul 13, 20229 min read


When Peace is Not Enough
By Alejandro Posada Téllez and Mario Carvajal Cabal Tensions are running high in Colombia six years after the signature of the historic...
Jul 13, 20229 min read


Moneyball
LUKE JENSEN-JONES - exploring the uneasy relationship between fans and the clubs they love
Jul 13, 202210 min read


The Last Train from Kyiv
By Ada Wordsworth I have only cried at the station once, but I can’t remember which story broke me. Maybe it was the old woman with...
Jul 13, 20224 min read
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