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Opinions features commentary, analysis, and perspectives on the state of free speech, censorship, and digital rights. This category offers a platform for diverse voices to debate and reflect on pressing issues shaping the future of open expression.
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In the early 2000s, I spent much of my time over the course of several years fighting the incursion of…
Louis XIV transformed Versailles from a hunting lodge into a palace so vast it consumed France’s treasury. Stalin demolished Moscow’s…
Despite an ongoing crimewave, Melbourne was recently named the world’s best city by Time Out magazine, to a mix of…
For Quillette, Pamela Paresky speaks with journalist and analyst Emily Schrader about the Islamic Republic of Iran—its ideological foundations, power…
Sign up for Quillette Ten Years of Ideas No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. In March 2026, three prominent thinkers died within…
“Tonight,” said Donald Trump to the people of Iran on 28 February, “bombs will be dropping everywhere. … When we…
In 2016, I mistook a fortress for a prison. When I first moved to the United Arab Emirates, I believed…
Meanwhile, in Sudan While Iran, Israel, and Gaza have dominated headlines, a bloody power struggle among Sudanese warlords grinds on.…
Review of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, playing at The Domain, Sydney (23 and 24 January 2026).Bats migrate across…
A review of The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives by Naoíse Mac Sweeney, 448 pages, Dutton (May 2023).At…
After winning the leadership of the Australian Liberal Party this month, Angus Taylor declared an intention to harden immigration policy,…