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Charles, can we come to an arrangement?
(8 minutes) As she dutifully wades through Dickens’ Bleak House, Monica Sharp recalls adolescent traumas provoked by reading the famous English author. Can this great writer but flawed man be liked, or must he only be admired?
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Return to reading — or why screens are threatening liberal democracy
(4 minutes) Our dependence on screens and AI could lead to the demise of writing and with it of thought, argues Michael Kirke.
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Reading a good book helps us read ourselves
(4 minutes) Ryan Service helps us unpack a new document, surprisingly by a pope, which encourages reading not just the Word of God but also the profane word of secular literature.
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Education is a life. Or, Sneaky ways to get your kids learning
(8 minutes) Kerri Christopher offers some ploys to ‘trick’ children into reading and other forms of learning.
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Why know when you can wonder? The enduring joy of reading Shakespeare
(4 minute read) On the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s works, Monica Sharp explains why she decided to dive into the great Bard’s plays and the ocean she discovered.
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“I challenge you to soften the ground of your heart and to love well and deeply…”
(3 minute read) Nicole Law outlines a new - and better - way of living.
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When society comes apart at the seams
(10 minute read) James Bradshaw finds the predictions of an American academic eerily accurate, but discovers in them ideas for a better future.
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Mercy’s sweet perfume
(3 minute read) Nicole Law finds the strength to forgive with the help of a book and a painting.
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Editorial: It must be love …
(1 minute read) Ronnie Convery, goes in search of love in traditional - and less traditional – places.
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My Brother in My Arms
(3 minute read) Nicole Law offers a poetical analysis of inequalities in her native Singapore.
