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The Great British Reading List

by Carolyn Wells November 11, 2021October 19, 2022

A reading list on the weird and wonderful culture of Great Britain.

Posted inQuotes

Open the Door to the Political World of Narnia

by Carolyn Wells November 30, 2020October 17, 2022

“One road unquestionably leads from Narnia to Brexit. Lewis would have hated the notion of a superstate with all the extra ‘meddling’ that implies.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

From Narnia to Brexit: CS Lewis, the Novels, and This Country of England

by Carolyn Wells November 20, 2020October 19, 2022

“A children’s story,” wrote Lewis, “is the best art form for something you have to say.”

Posted inFeature

Tea, Biscuits, and Empire: The Long Con of Britishness

by Laurie Penny June 18, 2020November 25, 2022

The soft-focus Britain of Downton Abbey bears little resemblance to the real Britain collapsing under the weight of racism, austerity, and COVID-19. As Brexit plods on, it’s time for an honest reckoning of the history and future of this outsize little island.

Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Irvine Welsh on Brexit, Existential Panic, and His Latest ‘Trainspotting’ Sequel

by Tobias Carroll March 22, 2019October 19, 2022

“The books from ‘Trainspotting’ onwards have been about deindustrialization … the cruel existential panic that we feel, in the sense that we don’t really know what we’re here for anymore.”

Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing

Sarah Moss on Brexit, Borders, Bog Bodies, and the ‘Foundation Myths of a Really Damaged Country’

by Tobias Carroll January 9, 2019October 19, 2022

Sarah Moss’s tale of Iron Age reenactors and parental abuse is her way of addressing Brexit. “Putting the skulls of the ancestors up in some attempt to hold back history never works.”

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized

Welcome to the New Transnational Paradigm

by Aaron Gilbreath April 11, 2018October 19, 2022

The decline of national political authority requires a new transnational political system. First we have to stop denying the problem.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Will London Fall?

by benhuberman April 13, 2017October 19, 2022

In an increasingly insular Britain, the world’s most cosmopolitan capital is bracing for an uncertain future.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

On the Thin Line Separating Honesty from Rudeness

by benhuberman February 23, 2017October 19, 2022

Rachel Cusk explores the complicated question of politeness from various angles — from Brexit and the Trump presidency to airport security checks and in-store shopping etiquette. But she also dives deep into the fundamental difficulty of separating honesty from being plain rude.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Age of Rudeness

by benhuberman February 16, 2017October 19, 2022

When society is as polarized and stratified as it is today, what does it take to imagine a definition of politeness and civility that transcends our differences?

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