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ESSAYS & REVIEWS
Sep 28, 20245 min read
Lost Worlds: In Conversation with Professor Avi Shlaim
By 1951 the Iraqi-Jewish community, which had been in the region for over two thousand years, was faced with an existential choice.
Jul 2, 20246 min read
The Definition of Insanity: The Tory misdiagnosis of Britain’s mental health crisis
A misdiagnosis has been made — and our nation’s mental wellbeing will continue to deteriorate until the true source is identified.
Mar 10, 20248 min read
Adventure in Solitude
...as she bore both a personal and reportorial witness to the labour of “dying, when one loves life so much.”
Feb 8, 20248 min read
Grief Sequence
The problem with discussing grief is with words: the ways they fail and succeed to signify themselves.
Dec 8, 20237 min read
Tongue-Tied
Finding yourself aboard the Taipei metro, a voice over the tannoy states the station towards which you are heading in clear-cut Mandarin.
Dec 7, 20237 min read
Hyper-Mechanical Reproduction
In the last twenty years, big budget studio cinema has begun to account for most global box office sales.
Dec 5, 20236 min read
Two More Years
Paris was tense on election day. Just outside a polling centre in in Le Marais voters tore down photos of incumbent president Macron.
Dec 4, 20237 min read
In the Beginning was the Word
'Criticism is, in its highest development, simply a mood’.
Dec 2, 20238 min read
Eyes to the Right
'Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are’.
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