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On the rise of 'No Tories'
and the perverted culture of dating apps
Leah McLaren
13 hr ago
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on making stuff
It’s been a clammy creeper of a spring in London. Cold and damp with febrile winds. The season won’t seem to settle. Last Sunday, in the absence of a…
Leah McLaren
Mar 29
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on making stuff
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I'm embarrassed to say...
I wrote a poem
Leah McLaren
Mar 28
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in praise of unsolicited compliments
plus a few thoughts on the agonising fragility of the literary ego
Leah McLaren
Mar 22
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trying super hard
Today was Mother’s Day in Great Britain — an annual milestone marker I’ve long been deeply conflicted about — first as a daughter, because my own mother…
Leah McLaren
Mar 19
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how not to read a poem
and a poem for you not to read
Leah McLaren
Mar 15
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A conversation with the Australian-Malaysian-British painter Nadine Talalla
'I paint women because I'm searching for myself. And actually I think it's what all women do with imagery of our sex: We search for ourselves, whether…
Leah McLaren
Mar 14
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Full audio version of my conversation with the London-based painter Nadine Talalla
Listen now (47 min) | 'I paint women because I'm searching for myself. And actually I think it's what all women do with imagery of our sex: We search…
Leah McLaren
Mar 13
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A conversation with the London-based painter Nadine Talalla
'I paint women because I'm searching for myself. I think it's what all women do with imagery of our sex: We search for ourselves, whether it's in…
Leah McLaren
Mar 13
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how to be good
on the Marxist bargain of motherhood and the trouble with Fleishman is in Trouble
Leah McLaren
Mar 8
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open thread #8: do you keep a diary?
Last night I had dinner with a pal from Toronto when the subject of diaries came up. He told me he started keeping one religiously over thirty-five…
Leah McLaren
Mar 4
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on character building
welcome to my workshop
Leah McLaren
Mar 2
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