Quillette Narrated

'The Totalitarian Artist: Politics vs Beauty: After Duchamp, the art world came to view the pursuit of beauty as naïve and gravitated toward political art in their search for meaning. But this is a Faustian bargain: you can have meaning, but you do not get to make it for yourself.' by Megan Gafford. Read by Iona Italia. 

'Tragedy and Half-Truths: A Gaza Diary' by Benny Morris. Published in Quillette.com on 19 September 2024. Narrated by Iona Italia.

Explore the often-misunderstood relationship between free speech and violence. Delve into the essential role of free expression in society and its importance for democratic debate. Examine the paradox of hate speech laws and their unintended consequences. Discover robust counterarguments to the push for restrictions on free speech, highlighting how such limits can stifle diversity of thought. Gain insight into the fundamental principles that defend free speech against common misconceptions.

Frantz Fanon, Stokely Carmichael, and the roots of the uproar over Zionism.

Race Is a Spectrum. Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary by Richard Dawkins, read by Iona Italia. Male versus female is one of surprisingly few genuine dichotomies.

The story of how a liberal college promoted and defended an Iranian Islamist and betrayed its own values.

Realists may believe international relations is all about mindless forces balancing and smashing into each other, but it’s actually about ideology, institutions, history, and the personalities of human beings.

Western civilisation has not succeeded because its liberal and secular principles are Christian; it has succeeded because Western Christians have accepted its liberal and secular values, writes Adam Wakeling.