Archive - The Common Reader

September 2025

Waiting for some great sign. Minor Black Figures

Brandon Taylor's new novel

Sep 29 •

My interview with Sam Khan

at the Republic of Letters

Sep 29 •

Mansfield Park book club

SUNDAY 7 p.m. UK time, 2p.m. Eastern time

Sep 27 •

What does reading for pleasure mean?

the fun of Lolita?

Sep 26 •

Rhodri Lewis: Shakespearean Tragedy

and the future of the humanities

Sep 25 •

1:22:34

Does anyone even know whether students can still read a lot?

just accept uncertainty

Sep 24 •

Adam Smith's Burkean view of social cohesion

bands of love and affection and mutual good offices

Sep 23 •

Children need more reading time, education needs less politics

This is just common sense

Sep 22 •

Two hundred years of the RSL

A new prize and digitised archives

Sep 22 •

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