Readings

Why Don't We Ever Land on Good Comets?

All the great celestial bodies in the universe to choose from, and we go and park ourselves on icy old 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

How Can I Grow My Eyebrows Out Without Looking Like A Monster?

On fixing beauty mistakes, cutting out old friends, juggling your workload, and deciding where you and your very stubborn partner should live.

A House Of Many Mansions, A Nation Of No Lessons

Witch trials, whispers of genocide, and colonialism's real legacy—our final dispatch from the Central African Republic.

'It's Okay to Sound Stupid. It's Not Okay to Sound Mean': An Interview with Carey Mercer

The beloved leader of Frog Eyes discusses his first book, Clouds of Evil.

The Ghomeshi Paradox

By attempting to discredit his victims, Ghomeshi lost his own credibility. This time, the public listened to the survivors; will they continue to?

Will Self via Wikimedia Commons
'We're All Surrealists Now': An Interview with Will Self

During a visit to his London home, the author and noted perambulator talks about his new novel, the pathologies and addictions of late capitalism, and his present “end-of-days consciousness.”

Class Anxiety at the Farmers' Market

Or: You expect me to pay two dollars for a tomato?

The Lives of Students

As Dana Goldstein writes in The Teacher Wars, education is at the centre of any national project. But are teachers agents of equality, or are they too often forced to be the opposite?

'If You're Pretentious, Be Obviously Pretentious': An Interview with Frederick Wiseman

The National Gallery filmmaker talks about cultural elitism, film vs. digital, and the challenges of bringing artwork to life on screen.

J.K. Simmons demands perfection
Mastery is Misery

Two new films, Whiplash and Adult Beginners, make the same point: that real happiness means abandoning the obsessiveness required for greatness. Only one of them thinks this is a bad thing.