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Stuart Elden on Georges Dumézil

Stuart Elden on Georges Dumézil

Jupiter is the god who hurls thunderbolts, Dius Fidius the god of oaths…

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Turmoil in 19th Century Spain

Turmoil in 19th Century Spain

The analysis begins judiciously with the war of 1793-95 and its aftermath…

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40 More Years, 40 More Years?

40 More Years, 40 More Years?

President Paul Biya is the second longest serving leader in Africa…

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Electricity was the fuel of choice for scientific romancers…

Electricity was the fuel of choice for scientific romancers…

During America’s Gilded Age, the future seemed to pulse with electrical possibility…

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‘“Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”’ by M.R. James

‘“Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”’ by M.R. James

Do you mean to tell me you don’t believe in second-sight, or ghosts, or anything of that kind?

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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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Pakistan’s Extreme Rainfall

Pakistan’s Extreme Rainfall

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

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Supermassive Snapshot

Supermassive Snapshot

Our team was part of the global Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration…

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Susan Daitch on Lydia Lopokova

Susan Daitch on Lydia Lopokova

Snow falling, nutcrackers come to life, swans turning into princesses…

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Erik Hoel: Humans Forever

Erik Hoel: Humans Forever

There are a handful of obvious goals we should have for humanity’s longterm future…

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The first-amendment bubble of big US online media platforms quickly burst…

The first-amendment bubble of big US online media platforms quickly burst…

When free-market elephants like Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos take charge of major mass-media outlets, concerns are raised about the direction of free speech…

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‘Hogtie Sequence’ by Tobias Ryan

‘Hogtie Sequence’ by Tobias Ryan

I can sense the heat rising in her through the fragrance of ylang-ylang, jasmine and peach…

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Talking TED

Talking TED

Suddenly, everyone was sharing TED talks…

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How to Circus

How to Circus

Alas, it is not in my (current) course budget to arrange for my students to go whooshing about on the flying trapeze…

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Junior ranks are condemned to a chain of perpetual fear…

Junior ranks are condemned to a chain of perpetual fear…

Putin manages the military in much the same way as he does the wider Russian state, choosing loyalty to him above professional competence…

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Van Gogh became enthralled by the gnarled, scarred olive trees…

Van Gogh became enthralled by the gnarled, scarred olive trees…

In Vincent van Gogh’s fragile condition, the strong, enduring trees with their anguished limbs seemed to echo Christ’s suffering…

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Chinmaya Lal Thakur: Typogravia

Chinmaya Lal Thakur: Typogravia

Indians have remade London in various ways over the last five hundred years…

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‘Antisophers’ by Israel A. Bonilla

‘Antisophers’ by Israel A. Bonilla

In recent years, we’ve got in touch with independent presses and also managed to publish online. The costs have never been forbidding…

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After Literacy

After Literacy

The idea that each of us has a singular voice, and that it places a stamp of authorship on our compositions, is of course corollary to the prohibition on plagiarism…

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‘A week of similar skies and the river’ by Nick Telfer

‘A week of similar skies and the river’ by Nick Telfer

Should we begin each morning like this? Yes, we should. Fat heads in the past, clear minds ahead…

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