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18/07/2025

Robert Altman’s ‘Nashville’ is fifty.
By Matt Hanson.

Robert Altman’s ‘Nashville’ is fifty.

18/07/2025

Scotland’s political elite embraced gender ideology with near-religious fervour—at great cost to women. But has the tide finally turned? What will it take to bring clarity, legality, and fairness back to public life?



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https://quillette.com/2025/03/20/awaiting-a-new-scottish-enlightenment/

18/07/2025

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay interviews veteran entertainment journalist Ben Mulroney—whose career has taken him to the Oscars red carpet and Kelly Ripa’s studio—about how ideological fads have damaged his industry.
By Quillette.

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay interviews veteran entertainment journalist Ben Mulroney—whose career has taken him to the Oscars red carpet and Kelly Ripa’s studio—about how ideological fads have damaged his industry.

18/07/2025

A tribute to a brilliant writer and a journalist of great integrity and candour.
By Ronald Radosh.

A tribute to a brilliant writer and a journalist of great integrity and candour.

17/07/2025

Hezbollah’s downfall was not the result of a battle lost or a lapse in resolve, but the sudden and total collapse of a strategic worldview.
By Joseph Nichol,Adi Asi.

Hezbollah’s downfall was not the result of a battle lost or a lapse in resolve, but the sudden and total collapse of a strategic worldview.

17/07/2025

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How did 18th-century periodicals shape modern journalism, public discourse, and the idea of the intellectual as a cultural figure? In this episode, philosopher Stephen Harrop interviews Quillette’s Managing Editor Iona Italia about her book Anxious Employment: The Rise of Literary Journalism in the Eighteenth Century.

Together they explore the origins of literary journalism in Enlightenment London, the decline of censorship, and how coffee houses and tea tables became incubators for public reason and debate. They unpack the influence of periodicals like The Tatler, The Spectator, and The Rambler by figures like Richard Steele and Samuel Johnson—linking them to today’s Substack writers, blog culture, and even Twitter personas.

They also examine the role of women writers in this emerging media ecosystem, from Delarivier Manley to Frances Brooke, and how pseudonymous personae gave voice to both social critique and moral philosophy.

This wide-ranging conversation bridges philosophy, history, media studies, gender, and cultural criticism—with references to Aristotle, Adam Smith, David Hume, and Samuel Johnson’s vision of empathy and moral instruction in a fragmented society.

How did 18th-century periodicals shape modern journalism, public discourse, and the idea of the intellectual as a cultural figure? In this episode, philosoph...

16/07/2025

What explains why some young Muslim men in the West thrive—while others with similar upbringings take a darker path? That question led
Dr Josh Roose to explore masculinity in Australia’s Muslim community.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYb1J-FYapg&t=1060s&ab_channel=Quillette

16/07/2025

The Trinity Test—the first detonation of a nuclear weapon—occurred on this day in 1945, changing history forever.

A nuclear engineer reviews the blockbuster film.

16/07/2025

The Trump administration is proposing to end support for some of the cutting-edge scientific research that is crucial to America's economic propensity and military security.
By Lawrence M. Krauss.

The Trump administration is proposing to end support for some of the cutting-edge scientific research that is crucial to America's economic propensity and military security.

16/07/2025

Why we must never allow Iran, an absolutist theocracy whose leaders see martyrdom as a sacred calling, to obtain nuclear weapons.
By Jay Sophalkalyan.

Why we must never allow Iran, an absolutist theocracy whose leaders see martyrdom as a sacred calling, to obtain nuclear weapons.

15/07/2025

What if the radicalisation we associate with young men is happening—more quietly—among young women too? From moral purity tests to performative politics, female-led activism may not be as harmless as it looks.⁠
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👉 Read more https://quillette.com/2025/07/11/when-women-are-radicalised/

15/07/2025

A critical part of the One Big Beautiful Bill’s budget equation may evaporate with a judicial pen stroke in the very near future.
By Phillip W. Magness.

A critical part of the One Big Beautiful Bill’s budget equation may evaporate with a judicial pen stroke in the very near future.