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Mother Tongue
How we all became institutionalized
Jun 26
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Laurence Miall
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May 2025
High-Rise
“Does the angle of two walls have a happy ending?”
May 26
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Laurence Miall
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Nuclear Winter
Eighty years of terrifying powers
May 8
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Laurence Miall
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April 2025
Reasons to be Cheerful
In praise of very long lists and very big bands
Apr 30
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Laurence Miall
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Shadow Work
Why is so much of life frittered away on joyless, unpaid chores?
Apr 22
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Laurence Miall
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The Horror
From Caché to Adolescence
Apr 3
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Laurence Miall
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March 2025
Time Wasters
The unexamined ubiquity of computers in K-12 education
Mar 17
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Laurence Miall
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Translate This! Episode 2
A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux
Mar 6
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Laurence Miall
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February 2025
Tastes Like Sugar
America's war on human flourishing
Feb 24
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Laurence Miall
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Bracing for Impact
From the 20th century to the 21st
Feb 3
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Laurence Miall
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January 2025
From the Air
Uneasy suburban souls
Jan 28
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Laurence Miall
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Translate This! Episode 1
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Jan 16
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Laurence Miall
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