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Philip Hensher: How Can You Kill a Book Like That? contributed by Lukas · 15 days ago
Zena Hitz: Gulliver's Travels and the Failures of Human Understanding contributed by Lukas · Jun 3
Oliver Traldi: Jane Austen and the Defence of Virtue contributed by Lukas · May 6
Laura Thompson on Agatha Christie: Shakespeare, Murder, and the Art of Simplicity contributed by Lukas · Apr 1
Ruth Scurr: The Life and Work of John Aubrey contributed by Lukas · Mar 18
Naomi Kanakia: How Great Are the Great Books? contributed by Lukas · Mar 4
Hermione Lee: Tom Stoppard. “It’s Wanting to Know That Makes Us Matter” contributed by Lukas · Feb 4
Literature, politics, and the future of the humanities contributed by Lukas · Jan 7
John Mullan. What makes Jane Austen great? contributed by Lukas · Dec 12, 2025
Rebecca Lowe: the container theory of time in On the Calculation of Volume contributed by Lukas · Nov 25, 2025
Peter Pan video contributed by Lukas · Nov 1, 2025
Shanon Chamberlain: what is a novel? contributed by Lukas · Oct 25, 2025
Rhodri Lewis: Shakespearean Tragedy contributed by Lukas · Sep 25, 2025
Video of my discussion with Catherine Lacey about Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea contributed by Lukas · Sep 11, 2025
Frances Wilson: T.S. Eliot is stealing my baked beans. contributed by Lukas · Jul 6, 2025
Victoria Moul. Poetry for life. contributed by Lukas · Jun 22, 2025
Lamorna Ash. Don't Forget We're Here Forever contributed by Lukas · Jun 12, 2025
Helen Castor: imagining life in the fourteenth century. contributed by Lukas · May 18, 2025
Clare Carlisle: George Eliot's Double Life. contributed by Lukas · Apr 27, 2025
Matt Yglesias: reading books makes me feel calmer. contributed by Lukas · Apr 13, 2025
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