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  • Aug 29, 2024
    In parts of Thailand, thanks to a confluence of modern technology and traditional beliefs, a peculiar transport service has emerged. The anthropologist Scott Stonington calls them...
  • Feb 12, 2024
    I normally avoid starting an article by referring to what someone has said on social media; commentary about commentary can feel like an elevated form of gossip. But today I’m...
  • Jan 23, 2024
    “I can never bring you to realise the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumbnails, or the great issues that may hang from a bootlace.” So says Sherlock Holmes...