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After I stepped across the threshold of the legendary Mandarin Oriental, in Hong Kong, everything changed. That very long journey carrying me halfway around [...]
Passover is one of my favourite Jewish holidays. Partly because it's an easy one to explain to a Christian. Explaining what we call Pesach [...]
For centuries, Britain’s government has battled an unrelenting enemy that multiplies rapidly and invades the corridors of power of the state. No, not politicians, [...]
If you are a fan of lean, hard-boiled prose, you won’t find it in The Florentine Papers: A Novel, by Thom Palmer. In this, [...]
Then&Now
Essays by Christopher Winner
Termination
This is a very short story about my two children. One is Jason, by now close to 45, and Nedra, who, last I was [...]
A dollar gets a dime
Toward the end of his life, long after battles won and lost, brute temper and trivial anger exhausted, my father spoke often of the [...]
Deep blue sea
Smaller than small, I once set out on a a great adventure at the Washington aquarium, another way of saying I became lost. I [...]
Conclave of three doors
The death of Pope Francis was coming for some time. Now, cardinals will face some hard choices, most of which reside behind three doors. [...]
In Case You Missed It
Bora of the fest
A month ago, when Lent was drawing closer, it was Carnival season. What is Carnival season like in Friuli Venezia [...]
Are the Academy Awards dying?
The 98th Annual Academy Awards have come and gone, and the only issue in dispute is whether the movie industry’s [...]
Photo essay: La Fête du Potiron
During the color starved months of a Normandy winter, I find myself looking back at photographs from La Fête [...]
Underdogs dancing so far
The madness began in familiar fashion to 2025 — with First Four winners Miami (which could be making its own [...]
Proudly American in Milan
Journalist Susie Rom paints a lovely portrait of Milan, and its recent Winter Olympics, from the POV of a Media Production student at the U of Florida.
Advice from the oracle’s mouth
Annals of Advice: Uncle Pat Agonistes is the “Oracle of the Ferry Building.” He is a fixture of some renown [...]
Olympic melodies moved me
With the Paralympic Winter Games in full swing and the Olympics just concluded, I should be writing about ski jumping, [...]
Review: Cultish
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell explores the linguistic capacities and repercussions of cult group ideologies through a [...]