- The Prophet Muhammad’s winged horse, Buraq Yasmine Seale, Public Domain Review
- Cool-headed deliberation is the job, after all Gina Schouten, Crooked Timber
- Kavanaugh’s confirmation won’t free all of Trump’s minions Ken White, Popehat
- How the Left enabled fascism David Winner, New Statesman
art history
Nightcap
- A history of true civilisation is not one of monuments David Wengrow, Aeon
- Feminism in Saudi Arabia Lindsey Hilsum, New York Review of Books
- The artwork of proto-Surrealist JJ Grandville Patricia Mainardi, Public Domain Review
- The other protest: Gazans against Hamas Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor
Nightcap
- The Tlatelolco massacre of 1968 Lorna Scott Fox, Times Literary Supplement
- Western Civilization “not welcome” in Australia Bella d’Abrera, Quillette
- Umber: The color of debauchery Kelly Grovier, BBC
- An interview with VS Naipaul Patrick Marnham, Literary Review
Nightcap
- Legendary fart battles in the Samurai Era Richard Farrell, Vintage News
- The other side of Weimar (Germany) art David Bennun, 1843
- India’s ingenuous approach to life Christian Koch, BBC
- Revisiting the American Century Ronald Radosh, Claremont Review of Books
Nightcap
- World War II and the point of Surrealism Sophie Haigney, 1843
- Is religion a universal in human culture? Brett Colasacco, Aeon
- Sikh pilgrimages: Hope for a religious corridor Tridivesh Singh Maini, The News
- For centuries, people thought lambs grew on trees Abbey Perreault, Atlas Obscura
Nightcap
- Against the Politicisation of Museums Michael Savage, Quillette
- Tech’s many political problems Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
- The robot paradox Chris Dillow, Stumbling and Mumbling
- Scientific abstraction and scientific historiography Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
Nightcap
- How to decolonize a museum Sarah Jilani, Times Literary Supplement
- The American island that once belonged to Russia John Zada, BBC
- America still has a heartland (it’s just an artificial one) Venkatesh Rao, Aeon
- Why Westerners fear robots and the Japanese do not Joi Ito, Wired
