Berfrois

September 2022

Performance provides an alternative perspective to modern slavery…

Performance provides an alternative perspective to modern slavery…

We found three distinct forms of slavery around Jamestown that highlight different problems...

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Drying Danube

Drying Danube

Europe’s prime rivers are running low after a brutal five-month drought...

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Uniqueness Is Overrated by Paul Vacca

Uniqueness Is Overrated by Paul Vacca

Art is largely a matter of ipseity...

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The Tenuous Tenets of Wokeism

The Tenuous Tenets of Wokeism

Wokeism demands submission and obedience...

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The Queen of Decolonisation

The Queen of Decolonisation

The ambiguity reflects the complex relationship between the monarchy and Britain’s former empire...

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L.A. Brecht

L.A. Brecht

Among the exiles Brecht found in Hollywood was his old co-worker, Peter Lorre...

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Beneath La Maddalena

Beneath La Maddalena

In 1972, the US Navy installed a nuclear submarine base in La Maddalena...

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Andre Gerard on Vernon Lee

Andre Gerard on Vernon Lee

Scholars exploring ideas of literary empathy are particularly interested in Lee's work...

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Vernon Lee: From Moral Ruins

Vernon Lee: From Moral Ruins

Reading one’s own old books is always a queer sentimental experience...

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Chus Pato’s Letter to Europe

Chus Pato’s Letter to Europe

Europe? Yes, this too is Europe...

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Pakistan’s Extreme Rainfall

Pakistan’s Extreme Rainfall

Pakistan is experiencing the most devastating and widespread floods in its history...

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Joe Linker on John Matthias

Joe Linker on John Matthias

Style is more than how you put something down on paper. It’s how you live...

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