The three volumes of The Gulag Archipelago — one continuous, extended scream of outrage — are, paradoxically, brilliant, bitter, disbelieving and infused with awe: awe at the strength characterising the best among us, in the worst of all situations. In that monumental text, published in 1973, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn conducted “an experiment in literary investigation” — a hybrid […]
By Sean Dempsey | 08/06/26 (Bible verses sourced using ChatGPT) Of late it’s become apparent that Christianity, though perhaps serviceable in some respects to well-meaning persons, unfortunately contains several harsh words and/or doctrines rather unsuited to this postmodern, far more civilized age. Chief among these is the regrettable and rather unchristian notion that God is […]
