Just when Ibsen thought it was safe to go back in the theatre…

Why is the slightly off-kilter world of this amateur detective still so absorbing?

A couple of weeks ago, meeting for a beer with fish and chips at a local English styled pub where soccer from the real England was playing on hanging television sets...

Terran vs. Protoss vs. Zerg

Imagine chess, but with convoluted backstories for each black and white piece, and each civilization using a different set of pieces...

We Are on Our Way

These days, I’m not sure why I still bother to maintain a phone...

How do nationalist-minded fascists think transnationally?

Dissatisfied with Édouard Daladier’s coalition of the socialist-republican French left, tens of thousands right-wing activists gathered at the Place de la Concorde...

Only an idea can be like an idea…

From Duck to Bottle

You are walking across a vast grass field on a misty morning when you suddenly spot a lake in the distance...

St Paul’s Churchyard Invaded St Paul’s Cathedral

Far from being a sea of calm and piety, the churchyard could be as cacophonous as anywhere else in the City...

“Long periods of grand coalitions provoke in voters a sense of collusion”

Orwell’s Cuppa

The tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...

The thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...

‘from An Explanation of America: Countries and Explanations’ by Robert Pinsky

Farah Abdessamad on François-René de Chateaubriand

I spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...