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POLITICS
| 6-minute read
What doomed Ernest Hemingway?
It is believed that the writer had consciously worked out an original prose style but he couldn't get out of it when it had given him everything there was.
SPORTS
| 5-minute read
Is the World Cup going to France?
The growing credence of football pundits in a win for Didier Deschamps’ team in the 2018 World Cup final doesn’t seem to be otiose.
VARIETY
| 7-minute read
World Cup 2018 is the last chance for Messi to be among the greatest football players
To what degree can a missed penalty hurt the Argentine?
ART & CULTURE
| 8-minute read
Why we still read Jean-Paul Sartre
Born today, the existentialist writer, through his life, ideas and literature, illumined the reading public of his day, and continues to do so.
ART & CULTURE
| 11-minute read
The curious case of F Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda and all that jazz
An ode to the 'cult hero' who threw it all away.
ART & CULTURE
| 6-minute read
Why classics in literature stand the test of time
The books we read reflect the shape of our experience.
ART & CULTURE
| 5-minute read
Why Orhan Pamuk’s fans will be disappointed with The Red-Haired Woman
The utmost sophistication of a master is missing.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Is fight for eastern Ghouta the end of civil war in Syria?
Many wars are being fought in the troubled country, but the only one worth standing up for is the battle fought by the unarmed, innocent civilians.
ART & CULTURE
| 8-minute read
Remembering Lawrence Durrell, master of The Alexandria Quartet
Isn't it humanly possible for one to love two people at once?
ART & CULTURE
| 9-minute read