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BooksCourse Correction: Obstacles to readingOn the things that get in the way of reading, and some possible methods of clearing those obstacles. I’m a sucker for the charm of New...
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CultureHow to Begin Again After TragedyH G Wells not only recovered from suffering but built a better life out of it – and we can do the same. H G Wells almost did not become...
Cinema"Midnight Mass": Disturbing the comfortableHow great fiction allows us to inhabit other lives, and how the Netflix series Midnight Mass exemplifies this. W H Auden may have thought...
CultureReaching Out: On the value of open dialogueOn the impulse to condemn and close conversation, and why we need – now more than ever – to remain open to those with whom we disagree....
