Talking at full volume in the East Reading Room. The ERR used to be a secluded and silent refuge where I would be lucky to ...

The question has been on my mind since the Jubilee Year began in December last year. In the Catholic Church it comes every 25 ...

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You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I like gadgets, and so, at times, my digital detox has verged on technophilic decadence. A few months ...

Sung to “The Twelve Days of Christmas”: The 12 months of ‘25, the economy sent to me, a whole bunch of volatility. OK, so maybe it’s not the 12 days of Christmas, but let’s look back and see how much ...