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Nostalgia for the Moon Under Water
Orwell's essay was not a general celebration of British pub culture: it was a piece of wartime longing for a pre-war Britain that never came back.
Jul 25
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Peter McLaughlin
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June 2024
Awake (not Byron—he is awake!)
Rethinking my instinctual cynicism about Lord Byron's Greek exploits.
Jun 12
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Peter McLaughlin
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Sing, O Muse—but of what?
The proem opening of the Odyssey is not an accurate reflection of the epic's narrative. The Muse had her own ideas about what stories should be told.
Jun 4
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Peter McLaughlin
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May 2024
Doodling Jar-Jar Binks
A theory of why exactly the Star Wars prequels are as bad as they are, and a reflection on this blog's failure mode
May 21
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Peter McLaughlin
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The constitutional politics of Scotch whisky
When it comes to whisky, crucial policy levers are split between Westminster and Holyrood. Confused jurisdiction over this most Scottish of products is…
May 9
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Peter McLaughlin
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April 2024
'Grace' and the gunman's wife
The reimagining of Grace Gifford served to soothe republicans caught between cause and kin
Apr 29
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Peter McLaughlin
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What are Ash Regan's demands?
They're so much stupider than you think
Apr 26
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Peter McLaughlin
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Dedalus and Icarus
Hubris and nationality in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Apr 22
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Peter McLaughlin
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We can't explain Taylor Swift
And that's a problem
Apr 21
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Peter McLaughlin
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On being young under a health monopoly
Via Hilary Cass
Apr 15
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Peter McLaughlin
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What's in a nonce's name?
On 'Della's law', and being a liberal who is against this sort of thing
Apr 8
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Peter McLaughlin
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March 2024
'Classical liberalism' and the Irish question
Or: Peter writes for the first time, but not the last, about his hatred for A. V. Dicey
Mar 25
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Peter McLaughlin
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