Archive - The Palimpsest

On the benefits of picking up a book

Feb 13 •

January 2025

The Purposelessness of Modern Work

Thanks for reading The Palimpsest !

Jan 29 •

November 2024

On the Humble Haiku

A reappraisal of a much-maligned poetic form

Nov 20, 2024 •

March 2023

The Corruption of a Character

How Peter Jackson destroyed Tolkien's Ideal

Mar 20, 2023 •

The Expansive Nature of the Russian People

As exemplified in Dostoevsky and Tolstoy

Mar 12, 2023 •

The Idiosyncrasies of Morning Routines

Why how you take your coffee or tea matters

Mar 6, 2023 •

February 2023

On the loss of holiday festivities

Feb 26, 2023 •

An Ode to Bagels

And where to find them

Feb 19, 2023 •

The Response to Pain

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Feb 11, 2023 •

The Ethics of Hunting

When I was eight years old I watched Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier and read a biography on David Livingstone for the first time.

Feb 4, 2023 •

January 2023

I Solemnly Swear

On the importance of Oaths

Jan 28, 2023 •

The Poetry of Sound

As exemplified in Seamus Heaney

Jan 21, 2023 •

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