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March 2022

Place

Sailing to Zanzibar

In my life I have enjoyed wonderful sea safaris on dhows, hunting for tuna and ambergris and waves to surf

By Aidan Hartley

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High Life

Why we should study literature, not science

When I was a child, manners were as important as morals — in fact they mattered more

By Taki

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Low Life

The farcical world of the Sharon’s Ex-Boyfriends Club

We could all drink, but Tom was in a league of his own: chaos was his element

By Jeremy Clarke

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London Life

Succeeding at failing

Failure is not a learning experience; it’s a humiliating and hurtful experience

By Cosmo Landesman

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American Life

Hoosiers of New York

On a March day in 1991, I watched a bittersweet rural New York version of ‘Hoosiers’ play out

By Bill Kauffman

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Prejudices

Liberalism and existential insecurity

For liberals, everything that exists is a potential source of fear, and everything that occurs a threat of danger

By Chilton Williamson, Jr.

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