June 7, 2025

Five for Friday 720

Welcome to the Weekend,

Here are five things I thought worth mentioning this week.

Henry Oliver marks Virginia Woolf’s other centenary.

Ian Leslie on the interesting parallels between nervous Vienna at the turn of the century and our modern malaise.

From flamboyant officer to resilient commander: a profile of the man who led a united Finland.

On creating “conditions for creativity” in your home.

Aren’t we all so tired of AI slop, with its lack of perspective and just plain bizarre results? But apparently, we’re only at the beginning of people using it as a shortcut for their paid publications. Also, this seems a good time to reiterate that nothing on this website is AI-generated, everything is written or selected by myself, and I do not use AI in my writing or the artwork that appears here.

Currently reading: The Red and the Black by Stendhal

Have a creative weekend.


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