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Is reading rebounding?, the age of solitude, Memoirs from Beyond the Grave, Gaelic psalms
October 23rd, 2026
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Why the bronze age collapsed, did Jesus rise from the dead?, indecent medieval sculpture, are smartphones destroying love?
October 16th, 2026
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How TikTok is destroying the future, the highly effective habits of the Victorian elite, thick art, style and civilisation
October 9th, 2026
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The fascination of Papua New Guinea, the curse of the AI bore, high brow versus low brow,
October 2nd, 2026
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In defence of “The Dark Ages”
September 29th, 2026
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Fierce attachments, technics and civilisation, the end of effort, trad architecture
September 25th, 2026
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Secrets of great conversation, Oscar Wilde’s annoying brother, new prized possession
September 18th, 2026
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Weirdness of General de Gaulle, zoonotic fever in the Indus Valley, PISA decline, Paradise Lost
September 11th, 2026
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Celtic war horn, the end of typing, Blindness, how to sell books
September 4th, 2026
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Chicken world conquest, what is art?, poetry and the English Civil War, Kenneth Tynan in quotes
August 28th, 2026
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The hollowness of life (a good thing), Kenneth Clark bangers, the rise of indulgence, the genius of Kenneth Tynan
August 14th, 2026
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Thugs, concentrated erotic insanity, benefits of coffee, educating electricians, was Freud right?
August 7th, 2026
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Akhenaten's hips, the dawn of the ... post-oral society !?, medieval people loved their children, the wisdom of Diana Athill
July 31st, 2026
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Odyssey verdict, the age of British gloom, why modern parents are so happy, Seven Types of Ambiguity, could books make a comeback like vinyl?
July 24th, 2026
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The evils of whimsy, how dementia is being defeated, great description of snow, terrible AI posters
July 17th, 2026
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Are conservatives more post-literate than liberals?, America 100 years ago, hurrah for economic growth and a lock of Dr Johnson's hair
July 10th, 2026
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Did YIMBYs cause the industrial revolution? Would Grok vote for Biden? Did Frank Kermode destroy English literature? Should we bring back autodidacts?
July 3rd, 2026
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British decline, giant tortoises, Tolstoyan nudity, my air-conditioning foresight
June 26th, 2026
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Significance of gusto, mysteries of consciousness, changing attitudes to dogs, investigation into social failure
June 19th, 2026
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Bananas, LED lights, Bertrand Russell, Battle of Naseby, parrot CV, Shakespeare's pettiness
June 12th, 2026
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