Britain’s First Black Olympic Medalist
February 16, 2024
Neil Duncanson— Harry Edward took a deep breath, pushed his spikes into the holes he’d just dug in the sodden cinder track and dropped his head. A vos marques. It… READ MORE
Category: Essays
Losing Reality: TV and Movies Today
January 29, 2024
David Thomson— For most of my life, I cherished the experience of being at the movies—in a theatre or a cinema, the Granada, the Regal or the Astoria in southwest… READ MORE
For All That Changed, Hamas is Still Hamas
January 22, 2024
Matthew Levitt— Over the last 18 years, since I wrote Hamas: Politics, Charity and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad, Hamas has experienced significant change—just not in the ways many… READ MORE
A Shining Star of Kingship: Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd Century BCE
January 9, 2024
Patrick Olivelle— Few kings or emperors—or even people in power today—have been sufficiently self-aware and self-reflective to express regret or remorse for anything they may have done. When the king… READ MORE
A Woodworker, a Blacksmith, and Suspicious State Secrets
December 19, 2023
Katlyn Marie Carter— According to recent reports, a woodworker, maid, and plumber may be among those called to testify against former U.S. President Donald Trump as he stands trial for… READ MORE
The Unity of Science: A Conversation with Irwin Shapiro
December 13, 2023
In The Unity of Science: Exploring Our Universe, from the Big Bang to the Twenty-First Century, Irwin Shapiro provides a broad and entertaining survey of major scientific discoveries that have… READ MORE
Was Oxygen Once the Limiting Nutrient for Complex Life?
November 30, 2023
Graham Shields— Whether it is phosphorus for fertiliser, iron for steel or carbon for fuel, humans devour the chemical elements we need to sustain our way of life. Since the… READ MORE
#SpeakUp: The Importance of Dignity
November 13, 2023
Jean E. Thomson Black— First published in 2011, Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks has become a perennial bestseller, paving the way for the release of… READ MORE
New Stories by the Russian Writer Ludmila Ulitskaya
November 9, 2023
Richard Pevear— Ludmila Ulitskaya is one of the major Russian writers of our time. She began writing rather late: her short fiction began to be published in 1990; her first… READ MORE
The Cookery Book
October 17, 2023
Helen Fry— During wartime women were a valuable source of intelligence-gathering because they could move much more freely in occupied countries than men. They used their “invisibility” to gather and… READ MORE
Between Memory and History