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Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Clown Show

    29 December 2024

    Humour by Gary Beck — Excerpt: There’s no circus anymore. It closed over a year ago. Don’t you watch the news on TV?

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this week

Matthew Johnson muses on sports, spirit and the hopes of a people, and Gary Beck puts on a show featuring wise clowns in a fractured society.

The Sports Writing Voice That Has Stuck with Me the Most: Maya Angelou’s “Champion of the World” by Matthew Johnson

Clown Show by Gary Beck

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Murals, guest-edited by François Bereaud

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Anupam Singh, translated by Areeb Ahmad, Translation, Jan 5
Asha Krishna, Book Review, Jan 5

Benjamin Brindise, Humour, Jan 12
Michael Fowler, Humour/Culture, Jan 12

Stuti Sinha, Humour, Jan 19
Amlanjyoti Goswami, Book Review, Jan 19

Surabhi Katyal, Culture Essay, Jan 26
Damayanti Saha, Culture Essay, Jan 26

Sarah Masters, Humour, Feb 2
Frederick Charles Melancon, Humour, Feb 2

Ed N. White, Humour, Feb 9
Nina Miller, Humour, Feb 9

Sarang Bhand, Craft, Feb 16
Elaine Nadal, Craft, Feb 16

Shamik Banerjee, Humour, Feb 23
Eli S. Evans, Humour, Feb 23

Sarah Das Gupta, Humour, Mar 2
Natalie Nee, Culture Essay, Mar 2

Ecem Yucel, Culture/Humour, Mar 9
Tim Frank, Culture/Humour, Mar 9

Aditi Yadav, Culture Essay, Mar 16
Jacelyn Yap, Photo Essay, Mar 16

Lyndon Carrier, Culture/Travelogue, Mar 23
Ankush Saikia, Culture, Mar 23

Manglesh Dabral, translated by Nisarg Patel, Translation, Mar 30
Amrita Mukherjee, Culture/Travelogue, Mar 30

Maria Oluwabukola Oni, Humour, Apr 6
Alice Eze, Humour/Culture/Travelogue, Apr 6

Ashley Kirkland, Humour, Apr 13
Nathaniel Calhoun, Humour, Apr 13

Nenad Pavlovic, Humour, Apr 20
Titilayo Matiku, Humour, Apr 20

Anna Nguyen, Culture/Humour, Apr 27
Jacelyn Yap, Photo Essay, Apr 27

Zary Fekete, Humour, May 4
Muheez Olawale, Humour, May 4

Sourav Chatterjee, Culture/Satire, May 11
R Karthik, Culture Essay, May 11

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos, Humour, May 18
Garrett Berberich, Humour, May 18

Anthony Kane Evans, Humour, May 25
Sherry Morris, Humour, May 25

Mark Daniel Taylor, Humour, June 1
Candice Kelsey, Humour, June 1

Brian Christopher Giddens, Humour, June 8
Gary Finnegan, Culture/Humour, June 8

Roger Chapman, Humour, June 15
Bhartrihari, translated by Louis Hunt, Translation, June 15

Jacelyn Yap, Photo Essay, June 22
Asha Krishna, Book Review, June 22

Maureen Tai, Culture/Humour, June 29
Saraswati Nagpal, Humour, June 29

James Sennott, Humour, July 6
Amita Basu, Humour, July 6

Dustin Vann, Culture Essay, July 13
Mark McConville, Culture Essay / Music Review, July 13

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