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Three Essays on Flight

If we were tasked with showing a visiting Martian the best of human capacities, we could do worst than to take them to the airport for a look around.

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Henri Rousseau

The artist Henri Rousseau — who had no formal training, and who only began painting seriously in his forties — was ridiculed by the critics of his day. Yet he is now celebrated as a visionary genius.

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Charles Dickens’s Secret

Almost no other writer has ever been quite as successful as Charles Dickens. But Dickens spent most of his life hiding a terrible secret — one that helps to shed light on his peculiar genius…

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What is Sexual Perversion?

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What is Sexual Perversion?

The term ‘sexual perversion’ first came into use in the 19th century to describe erotic practices taken by psychologists to…
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Exquisite Agony in Love

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Exquisite Agony in Love

When we think of a ‘bad relationship’, the mind tends naturally to go towards the darkest and most appalling scenarios:…
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