Berfrois

Egypt

Days of Rage

Photo essay:

Days of Rage

‘Cleopatra: A Life’ by Stacy Schiff

Book excerpt:

‘Cleopatra: A Life’ by Stacy Schiff

‘This is Egypt. People have been smoking here since the pharaohs. This isn’t going to stop them.’

Imagine a new Library of Alexandria…

‘Cairo risks becoming a city where no one belongs – a place where the lower classes are blamed for their own disenfranchisement, and from which the upper classes are eager to secede’

Injy El-Kashef: interview with Lady O

Language as a Window into Human Nature
Video: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Tom Rachman reads from ‘The Imperfectionists’
Podcast: Tom Rachman reads from ‘The Imperfectionists’
The Bridge at Hoover Dam
Slideshow: The Bridge at Hoover Dam
The Great Gatsby for NES
Video game: The Great Gatsby for NES
‘Splitting Ice’ by Kay Ryan
Poem: ‘Splitting Ice’ by Kay Ryan
‘The Realisms of Berenice Abbott’ by Terri Weissman
Book excerpt: ‘The Realisms of Berenice Abbott’ by Terri Weissman