Articles of Note

The diary of Samuel Pepys, from 1660 to 1669, reveals a moral mess of a man living and thriving in a particularly messy time ... more »

New Books

"Are we having fun, or are we in a hell where we’re merely communicating, learning too little too quickly, melting our brains into the abyssal portal?" How we talk online... more »

Essays & Opinions

Nineteenth-century Paris was not a good place for female artists, as Berthe Morisot and her sister discovered. As Manet put it, “It’s annoying they’re not men”... more »