Category: Culture
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Art 8. Vol 2. 2026 There is a particular kind of loneliness that only a Kishore Kumar song seems built to hold. I found that out for myself a few years ago, on a night I won’t describe in any detail here because the details don’t matter, only the fact that somewhere around two in…
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This guide encourages individuals to embrace courage and speak out against fear and intimidation, drawing on historical and literary examples. It outlines steps for growing a spine, emphasising the significance of honest self-examination and the cost of silence. Ultimately, it advocates for individual agency and the importance of defending friends and causes.
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Art 6. Vol 2. 2026 Why Standing in Line at Wimbledon Is the Most Political Thing Left in British Sport There are 500 tickets available each day for Centre Court at Wimbledon. They can be purchased by anyone willing to physically join the queue. Not anyone with a corporate membership. Not anyone with a ballot…
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Argentina’s 2026 World Cup journey ended dramatically, marked by a thrilling semifinal victory over England, loaded with historical significance from the Falklands War. However, the final against Spain highlighted a complex relationship, revealing Argentina’s struggle against its former coloniser, leading to a defeat that underscored its historical ties rather than enmity.
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Art 3. Vol 2. 2026 On the modern epidemic of loneliness and why governments are finally scared of it There is something quietly extraordinary about the fact that Japan has a Minister of Loneliness. Not a Minister of Health. Not a Minister of Social Welfare. A minister whose portfolio is, specifically, the condition of being…
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Art 6. Vol 1. 2026 So. You have gone and done it. You have fallen for someone who has opinions about everything, the correct time to wake up, the correct way to fold a blanket, the correct interpretation of a family tradition that has existed since before either of you were born. They are punctual.…
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Art 5. Vol 1. 2026 The Courtship of Political Animals She had never cared much for politics. Not because she disliked it, but because it seemed perpetually angry. Every discussion became a battlefield, every disagreement a moral crisis, every election a struggle for the soul of civilisation. She preferred books to debates, conversations to arguments,…
