Tag: Culture

Total Results: 435


The Rosetta Stone transformed our understanding of Ancient Egypt. Carlos Jasso/AFP via Getty Images.
01/15/2025 - 12:00am

Don’t let ancient languages die They illuminate our own blind spots

Georgy Kantor

Tuesday, January 14

14.01

How Bob Dylan fought the proto-woke He refused to be a Leftist prophet

David Samuels

Monday, January 13

13.01

Hollywood does terrible things to women Like so many biopics, 'Maria' diminishes its subject

Tanya Gold

Tuesday, January 7

07.01

The vapid world of America’s top book influencer Zibby Owens offers a tonic for the ennui of upscale strivers

Matthew Gasda

Saturday, January 4

04.01

Why the Left needs to watch Star Trek It has lessons for today's techno-optimists

Yanis Varoufakis

04.01

Snobs miss the rare beauty of darts How many maximums did Jane Austen throw?

Howard Jacobson

Friday, January 3

03.01

How André Gide made the modern memoir He thrived on brutal self-reflection

Julian Jackson

Thursday, January 2

02.01

How John Updike invented Brat Rabbit embodied a rush toward individualism

Sarah Ditum

Tuesday, December 31

31.12

Walt Whitman: the original Substacker Publishing needs his democratic spirit

Sam Kahn

Thursday, December 26

26.12

The torture of an unphilosophical life The mind deserves a task worthy of its powers

Agnes Callard

26.12

The mean girls conquering pop They have exiled men from their music

Sarah Ditum

Sunday, December 22

22.12

Donald Trump’s cultural renaissance He will lead by example

David Samuels