A brief post:

Not sure I buy this totally, but it's worth considering:

In the late 20th century, economics established itself firmly as the queen of the policy-making sciences. Up until...

A raw, cold day!  Brrrrr. But now I'm sitting by the fire, warming myself with the happiness that comes with sharing these links with you.  

Practicing gratitude is an important skill, and...

Here is a piece that contrasts the style (micro and macro) of traditional "big books" like Zadie Smith's work, with the new move to "autofiction" and memoir-like genres, like Knausgaard's My...

Small stuff just for a quiet Sunday evening.

There was a "Mutual Admiration Society" of women writers at Oxford in the 1910s and 1920s.  Dorothy Sayers was one of them, and they...