Articles of Note

Sex and scandal in 18th-century Dublin. Laetitia Pilkington's path to literary fame ran through debtor's prison and a minefield of vicious gossip... more »

New Books

O, the joys of stage direction. To read a play is to act in your head. The experience is one of pleasure, beauty, and low-level panic... more »

Essays & Opinions

It's been said ? Alfred North Whitehead said it ? that the history of philosophy is a 'series of footnotes to Plato.' Funny. And completely wrong... more »