The Agony of Eros by Byung-Chul Han
Can love survive the modern world?
2025 Nobel Prize in Literature: László Krasznahorkai
A snapshot of Hungarian author who took home the Nobel Prize in Literature this year
The New Age of Sexism
In The New Age of Sexism, feminist author Laura Bates dives into the darkest corners of the virtual world: from browsing sex robots for sale online, to visiting a German cyber brothel, to witnessing sexual assault in the metaverse. The result is a harrowing yet necessary account of how women
Persuading you to give Persuasion a go
Somewhere in Waterstones, Daunt Books, or the local South Kensington Books just down Exhibition Road, is an Austen gem tucked sheepishly away with not many attribute attention to; the stunningly mature and endlessly inspiring story of Anne Elliot: Persuasion
The internet has broken reading
Over the summer I started reading Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka. The book assesses how algorithms have skewed and skewered out culture. More on that in a future issue. Filterworld helped me create awareness about my existence as someone who has grown up with the internet as
The Beautiful and Damned
There is something to be said about the way F. Scott Fitzgerald’s sophomore novel The Beautiful and Damned appears to mirror its own contents. Its prose is nothing short of beautiful, full of sparkling phrases and sentences that don’t have a word out of step. It’s eloquent
What Did You Read This Summer?
There are few better ways to understand someone’s character better than their choice of book.
The Moustache: a review
Review of The Moustache, by Books writer George Pastons
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa
A stark reminder of our biases. This review contains spoilers.
Scientists on Survival & "Civil Disobedience"
A reflection of my experience reading Scientists for Survival amid our political climate; a book not about climate change, but who we could be in the face of it.
Live Forever? by Professor John Tregoning – Review
Professor John Tregoning’s latest book explores longevity through the lens of living well.
‘Intermezzo’ is very Sally Rooney
The disappointment of Rooney’s latest novel comes with no surprise, neither does the desire to read it.