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The weekly where specialists review books in their own fields (recent pages run Mary Beard, A. E. Stallings and Gabriel Josipovici) across literature, history, philosophy, science and the arts. More scholarly and less hurried than its rivals, and the best single place to learn what is worth reading in subjects you don't follow.
January 12, 2026
Dan Carlin's Alexander the Great series reaches its third installment, Quanta reports on weakening dark energy, and a Philosophize This! episode on Dostoevsky's demons.
July 13, 2026
Scott Alexander's team publishes its plan for AI going well, Joel Mokyr defends his Nobel thesis, and Ted Gioia argues the Odyssey belongs in the music department.
March 30, 2026
Veritasium tells the story of antimatter's discovery, PBS Space Time asks if we can test quantum gravity, and Experimental History on why being serious matters.
