The Pathos of Things

Costco is Conquering Britain

The triumph of super-sized consumerism

Dec 24, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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November 2025

A Century of Art Deco

The marriage of French style and American ambition

Nov 2, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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October 2025

The Silent Superpower

Why China does not get the attention it deserves

Oct 19, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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Parenting as a Craft

What have I embarked on?

Oct 11, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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September 2025

The Metric Society

We've become obsessed with measuring, quantifying, and rating just about everything

Sep 30, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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Apps Are the New Asphalt

We are still designing our world around the smartphone, even though its days may be numbered

Sep 27, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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Do We Need the University?

Speaking as a non-academic: Yes

Sep 18, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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To Lindisfarne and Back

An unlikely dialogue

Sep 4, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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August 2025

The Future of Reading

Our sacred practice can flourish even if very few of us are doing it

Aug 29, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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Heat

Hotter summers call for imaginative adaptations. We won't get them.

Aug 22, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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Cities Without Jobs: Africa's Urban Crisis

The fate of the world's fastest-growing continent will affect us all

Aug 9, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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June 2025

Practice and Virtue

In Memoriam Alasdair MacIntyre

Jun 20, 2025 • Wessie du Toit

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