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Why Do People Look Younger for Longer?
“Dowód?”
May 12
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Ben Sixsmith
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All the Pretty Horses
Two articles in a row about things I like? What the hell is this? Did someone slip something into my drink?
May 11
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Ben Sixsmith
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Share and Enjoy
Almost all writers are doomed to be forgotten.
May 5
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The British Doom Loop
There’s a kind of minstrel show that British people can perform — especially for Americans — where they talk as if you can’t set foot in the UK without…
May 2
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Ben Sixsmith
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April 2026
April Diary
Hello, Obligatory shilling. I wrote at THE ZONE about the Quiet Revival, morality, making money as a writer, snuff films on social media, Hungary…
Apr 30
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Ben Sixsmith
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The Problem With Openness
The Telegraph, with their desperate thirst for clicks, have published an article from a woman who feels compelled to write about how she has sex with…
Apr 29
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Ben Sixsmith
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Sweet Home Tarnowskie Góry
This year, Tarnowskie Góry turns 500.
Apr 27
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Ben Sixsmith
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The Best Argument for Communism
The latest cover article for The New Statesman is about “Angry Young Women”.
Apr 17
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Ben Sixsmith
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Up and In in Budapest
Farewell, Viktor Orbán.
Apr 13
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Ben Sixsmith
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Faces of Death
Faces of Death, released in 1978, was talked about in gleeful whispers when I was a teenager.
Apr 8
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Ben Sixsmith
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How to Make Money From Your Writing
Times are tough for writers.
Apr 4
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Ben Sixsmith
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What We Talk About When We Don’t Want to Talk About Morality
If we can agree on anything concerning the case of Noelia Castillo, who died in her mid-20s after receiving euthanasia, it is that it is unutterably…
Apr 2
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Ben Sixsmith
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