Jhumpa Lahiri
The enduring power of brief encounters
A trio of novels that are connected by their surprising manner of finding their way to us
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
The EU’s war on Hungary
As news breaks of secret EU plans to cripple the Hungarian economy, who can still believe it respects national sovereignty?
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought