Anna Juul reflects on the disappearance of physical mail in Denmark — and what a hyper-digital society gains and loses when letters, handwriting, and slower communication fade away: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
"A more low-key event would be difficult to conceive": @imogenwk.bsky.social goes among the Wikipedians
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
I would love to know what you are reading on this subject / what you would recommend!
Late to this, but Granta's series on Indian languages is full of treasures
granta.com/thirteen-ind...
We're answering reader questions! Ask us anything: www.thedial.world/dialgpt
What's the point of a global climate target?
@sophieyeo.bsky.social on where 1.5C came from and where it's going:
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
"Each of Grosz's psychoanalytic case studies supplies a satisfaction akin to that of solving a crossword puzzle: it all fits!"
I reviewed Love's Labour for @litreview.bsky.social
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1/ Dear readers,
The Dial is evolving. You talked, we listened — and have made a few changes to our magazine.
unexpected and very nice to have a piece I wrote for the dial about baseball last year selected for this anthology! ⚾
the piece is here: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
You could try excerpts? And then hope that those who love it would read the whole thing (I do think it is a quick read for those who enjoy it)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
The Dial is a super mag, which I've had the pleasure of contributing to a couple of times.
For its summer reading list I recommended one book I can't stop thinking about – Dirty Work by @epress.bsky.social
Check out the full list and donate to support unique and independent journalism :)
Let The Dial plan your summer reading for you!
www.thedial.world/summer-readi...
my local bakery, baker to the stars
"The ego-trip of the writer who, heavy-laden with the weight of literary glory, believes himself to be nobly casting off some of that glory while in fact drawing further attention to it. "
Carey Baraka takes on J.M. Coetzee's Speaking in Tongues:
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
You too - looking forward to seeing you again in a couple of weeks!
Likewise!!!
I'm extremely happy and excited to be an ~emerging writer~ at the London Library this year!
More about the programme and everyone in it here:
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/lat...
On Monday, Israel struck Iran’s Evin prison, known for the intellectuals, activists, artists and students who have served time there—many of whom are fighting for democracy. In 2024, we published five Iranian women’s accounts of their life behind bars in Evin. www.thedial.world/articles/new...
For #NationalPigeonDay, some very fancy pigeons courtesy of Emil Schachtzabel's Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen (1906). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/schachtzabel-pigeons
‘Our politicians dream of world-leading provision, with all the social and economic benefits that would bring, but want to achieve this without American levels of private investment or European levels of state spending.’
Ed Kiely on university finances: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
⚡ 'I feel like I've been waiting for this book my whole life.' Sheila Heti
⚡ 'A masterpiece of biography.' Telegraph
⚡ 'Utterly compelling.' Sunday Times
⚡ 'Tremendous.' The Scotsman
⚡ 'A total joy to read.' Sarah Bakewell
The glorious Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife by Francesca Wade is out today.
In Georgia’s Adjara highlands, a traditional way of life is slowly disappearing. Natela Grigalashvili photographed one pastoral nomadic community over 10 years to explore how people adapt to changing circumstances and create new meaning in today’s world: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
"Can you explain why humanity is a disaster?"
Lily Meyer on Mafalda, Argentina's most famous six-year-old:
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
You can read an excerpt - on an Easter retreat to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham - in @thedialmag.bsky.social
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
Happy pub day to @lamornaash.bsky.social and her brilliant book Don't Forget We're Here Forever
1/ Congratulations to Rachel Nolan whose book "Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala" is a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction! Last year we published an excerpt from Nolan's book, which you can read here: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
ah I can't wait to read this!
Graphic for The Dial for the article "Memory Machines" by Jessica Traynor with a photo of data center machinery and a blue circle overlayed that says "Shortlisted for a European Press Prize!"
Graphic for The Dial for the article "The True Price of Sportswear" by Ryan Lenora Brown & Majirata Latela with a graphic of red sewing thread and black sewing needles. Text on the left says "Longlisted for a One World Media Award!"
Congratulations to The Dial writers Jessica Traynor, whose article was shortlisted for a European Press Prize, and Ryan Lenora Brown & Majirata Latela, whose report was longlisted for a One World Media Award!
@thedialmag.bsky.social
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"handing into a carriage" in Jane Austen
tired: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/m...
wired:
