PinnedPublished inThe New Climate.Seeing the back of the Automobile AgeCan this really be true? Are young people in the global north really falling out of love with the automobile?Mar 7, 202320Mar 7, 202320
Korean lessons on how to deal with insurrectionist presidentsThe US might do worse than take lessons from South Korea.17h ago17h ago
Why isn’t Elon Musk celebrating Notre Dame more?The world’s richest man is weighing in on several real or imagined issues to do with western civilisation and culture. But other than…1d ago1d ago
Whither Albania? Uncle Enver’s country is gone, leaving uncertainty in its placeIn 2021, Lea Ypi, a professor of political theory at the London School of Economics wrote a book about growing up in “Uncle Enver’s”…2d ago2d ago
Lea Ypi’s book speaks to and for an Albania uncertain about changeWriters are often most celebrated in and by the country they have long left. So it is with Lea Ypi, an Albania-born professor of political…4d ago4d ago
Hoxha’s memory doesn’t hang heavy over Albania; it stalks the psyche“In Communist times”. If I had a lek for every time an Albanian prefaced a story with these three words, I would have returned from Tirana…5d ago5d ago
Bratwurst, byrek, baklava and a turkey-cornbread combo in AlbaniaHas Donald Trump thought of annexing Albania, along with Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal?6d ago6d ago
‘Davos Man’ will soon be on that magic mountainhttps://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/davos-man-magic-mountain-wef-2025Jan 8Jan 8
Albania’s bright idea on festive lights has a lot to do with GoldilocksTake a look at the main photo. It’s a government ministry in the Albanian capital Tirana as the old year gave way to new. If I remember…Jan 7Jan 7
‘So you’re going to Albania. Why?’Having just returned from Albania, I can attest there are many reasons to visit, but it’s fair to say most interlocutors were either…Jan 6Jan 6