Helen Lewis

He begins to kind of respect them and understand what they're doing, even though he's always outside them. The book started off as pretty straightforward fantasy, what used to be called the kind of swords and sandals. And they had these very cartoony covers. But over the course of, you know, there's dozens of them, they develop into this really...

He begins to kind of respect them and understand what they're doing, even though he's always outside them. The book started off as pretty straightforward fantasy, what used to be called the kind of swords and sandals. And they had these very cartoony covers. But over the course of, you know, there's dozens of them, they develop into this really...

rich humanistic philosophy which is basically that everybody is kind of flawed but you know some people try and surpass that some people try and overcome their their flaws even now when I'm trying to stop myself from doom scrolling I often permit myself to read either you know a detective novel or something like the

rich humanistic philosophy which is basically that everybody is kind of flawed but you know some people try and surpass that some people try and overcome their their flaws even now when I'm trying to stop myself from doom scrolling I often permit myself to read either you know a detective novel or something like the

rich humanistic philosophy which is basically that everybody is kind of flawed but you know some people try and surpass that some people try and overcome their their flaws even now when I'm trying to stop myself from doom scrolling I often permit myself to read either you know a detective novel or something like the

Peter Whimsey series by Dorothea Sayers, or I go back and reread Terry Pratchett's books. Because whatever you do when you read fiction is commit a small act of empathy. You think about situations that are not like your own. You think about people whose lives are not like your own. And that, I think, is an incredibly useful exercise.

Peter Whimsey series by Dorothea Sayers, or I go back and reread Terry Pratchett's books. Because whatever you do when you read fiction is commit a small act of empathy. You think about situations that are not like your own. You think about people whose lives are not like your own. And that, I think, is an incredibly useful exercise.

Peter Whimsey series by Dorothea Sayers, or I go back and reread Terry Pratchett's books. Because whatever you do when you read fiction is commit a small act of empathy. You think about situations that are not like your own. You think about people whose lives are not like your own. And that, I think, is an incredibly useful exercise.

It's a useful exercise for journalists particularly, but for anybody really who wants to be a person in the world. And Terry Pratchett's books are very, very funny. And the situations in them are a comic. But the underlying themes are things like who gets treated as the other? How do you have a multicultural city? How do wars start and how do they end?

It's a useful exercise for journalists particularly, but for anybody really who wants to be a person in the world. And Terry Pratchett's books are very, very funny. And the situations in them are a comic. But the underlying themes are things like who gets treated as the other? How do you have a multicultural city? How do wars start and how do they end?

It's a useful exercise for journalists particularly, but for anybody really who wants to be a person in the world. And Terry Pratchett's books are very, very funny. And the situations in them are a comic. But the underlying themes are things like who gets treated as the other? How do you have a multicultural city? How do wars start and how do they end?

He deals with these incredibly big political and philosophical subjects, and because he puts in some dirty jokes and some silly ideas, that all kind of just goes down like a spoonful of sugar. I'm Helen Lewis, and I'm a staff writer at The Atlantic.

He deals with these incredibly big political and philosophical subjects, and because he puts in some dirty jokes and some silly ideas, that all kind of just goes down like a spoonful of sugar. I'm Helen Lewis, and I'm a staff writer at The Atlantic.

He deals with these incredibly big political and philosophical subjects, and because he puts in some dirty jokes and some silly ideas, that all kind of just goes down like a spoonful of sugar. I'm Helen Lewis, and I'm a staff writer at The Atlantic.