English Republic of Letters
A glimpse of distant horizons via "beautifully crafted essays and observations" covering literature, memoir, and faraway cities from a recovering cultural bureaucrat joining up the dots of an international life.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 8
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- Sep 25, 2026
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- Jul 17, 2026
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Tales of Time (opens the original)
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Where can we live but days?Philip LarkinThe past is never dead. It’s not even past.William Faulkner Time is neitheryoung nor old, but simply new, alwayscounting, the only apocalypse.Wendell Berry<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iVfG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_
Mrs Bagnet’s Umbrella (opens the original)
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The Comments Page (opens the original)
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“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.”Dale Carnegie<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="860" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Brs_!,w_14
A vast transparency (opens the original)
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The Gallery in Our Minds (opens the original)
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