Media

Is the risk of losing digital identities in a flash really a fair trade for infinite access? Or should we all just defer to the old shoebox to keep photos of grandma safe?

Ann Friedman gives her no-nonsense take on durability in modern-day journalism, reflecting upon the timely and the timeless, the ephemeral and the evergreen.

Patrick Tanguay, editor-at-large of The Alpine Review, sat down with the pair to talk about managing relationships on social media, the benefits of drunk tweeting, and the increasing intimacy of social communication.

Unfinished business with some dreamers of the red planet dream

A creative Berliner looking for a challenge also finds community in post-revolutionary Egypt where chaos is but one story among many.

Magazines are artefacts; a presence in one’s home, library, cafe, hotel or meeting place. Increasingly, magazines have been using this power to expand their reach into the real world, communicating identity and acting as a platform.

Sam Guelimi, founder of Edwarda, an erotic magazine devoted to the art of desire tells us about mystery, philosophy, discretion and expression.

Boris Anthony and Hugh McGuire discuss how much more might be possible when we truly bring books to digital.

Lewis Lapham argues that there’s a reason good writing is hard to find on the internet. What is good writing, anyway?