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"It’s Going To Be A Big Week, With Big Things, At Sensible Prices" Edition
Hello, Obligatory shilling. I wrote for The Critic about the uses and abuses of nostalgia, for UnHerd about right-wing humour and for my Substack…
Ben Sixsmith
May 23
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Doesn’t Sound Exactly Great
Believe me, I’d rather be talking about Albert Camus than Renaud Camus. The Plague? What a book. The Fall? Genius. His living namesake’s most important…
Ben Sixsmith
May 19
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"Reading Arts & Letters Daily Between Deadlifts" Edition
Hello, Obligatory shilling. I wrote for The Critic about the ACLU and overcoming O’Sullivan’s Law. I interviewed Ed West in the debut of my new series…
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May 16
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Lunch With the BD #1 - Ed West
I meet Ed West on a ludicrously sunny afternoon, in an Italian restaurant nestled somewhere between Hillingdon and Havery. The author of such books as…
Ben Sixsmith
May 13
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"Belated and Overcaffeinated" Edition
Hello, Obligatory shilling. I had fun with Dave Rubin’s miserably lazy book Don’t Burn This Country for the Spectator World. For my paying subscribers…
Ben Sixsmith
May 9
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The Current Thing
Notes on events and perspective
Ben Sixsmith
May 7
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Shark 0, TB 1
Reflections on disease
Ben Sixsmith
May 4
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"Googling How to Spell Potpourri" Edition
Hello, Obligatory shilling. I wrote for The Critic about the potential outcomes of Elon Musk buying Twitter. I wrote on Substack about the oddest night…
Ben Sixsmith
May 2
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Jesus, Hitler and Vampires
Have you ever had an experience so odd you wonder if it really happened? You were there, but as time passes you wonder if the real and the imaginary…
Ben Sixsmith
Apr 28
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Hero
A story from my book
Ben Sixsmith
Apr 25
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"Hot Singles Debate Cancel Culture, Ukraine and Johnny Depp in Your Area" Edition
Hello, Obligatory shilling. For my paying subscribers, I reviewed a bizarre transgender themed revenge fantasy novel and reflected on fear and…
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Apr 25
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Fear, Modernity and Ideology
Right-wing attitudes, many claim, are built on fear. For example, Dr Bobby Azarian, writing for Psychology Today, comments: Peer-reviewed research shows…
Ben Sixsmith
Apr 23
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