A Romantic Case for Anime | Dustin Lovell
We’ve all felt it—the mixed excitement and dread at hearing a beloved book is set to be made into a movie. They might do it right, capturing not only key plot events but also...
Culture
Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon (Book Review) | Sarah Stook
Africa, with its 54 nations, is not a monolithic place, however, many of its countries are bonded by dictators, national resources, and corruption. This is what drives Paul Kenyon’s book. Divided into several chapters,...
The Common Sense Group – Conservative Thinking for a Post-Liberal age (Book Review) | Mario Laghos
The Common Sense Group, chaired by Sir John Hayes, who boast amongst their number some 50 Tory MPs – the membership is not listed publicly – have released a downloadable book, Conservative thinking for...
Disembodying our musical past will fracture our present | Lola Salem
If it is time to talk about decolonising music in Britain, then it is perhaps time to restate the painfully obvious: the United-Kingdom, across millenia, has imported the quasi totality of its classical repertoire....
Atheism and Culture Wars | The Honest Liberal
‘Culture War’ is a term bandied about frequently today, but what it is ascribed to isn’t always justified. The term has been adopted in the UK from our American cousins, who are veterans of...
Cucumbers | Lily Geidelberg
Long, thin and firm. That way, you maximise flavour and crispness, while minimising the soggy, seedy middle. Few among us seek the best cucumber in the supermarket. Apples and strawberries often undergo careful inspection...
Too Late the Martyr | Alfred Searls
“Chief Inspector Aventine?” “Yes. And you are? Apart from late that is.” The policeman made little effort to conceal the disdain in his voice. “Julia Morant…I mean…I’m Lead Investigator Morant, of...
Eve: The Prototype of the Private Citizen | Dustin Lovell
Written in the 1660s, John Milton’s Paradise Lost is the type of book I imagine one could spend a lifetime mining for meaning and still be left with something to learn. Its being conceived...
Shakespeare—That Villainous Abominable Misleader of Youth | Dustin Lovell
[They] Shall now…March all one way, and be no more opposedAgainst acquaintance, kindred, and allies. King Henry IV, Henry IV Part 1, I.1 In her notes laying out the philosophy and character of Ellsworth...
What The Era of Woke Adverts Say About Us | Nathan Wilson
We live in an era of lacklustre meaning, not just in our politics but also our day to day lives. This is best symbolised in the media world that we live in. Marshall McLuhan...
