Reading Matters

Hi  As we reach the end of 2025, I hope these reading lists have helped to enjoy reading a little more and for those who struggle to find what to read, these have provided interesting sources to read from  Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy New Year and the joy of reading and discovering new things  Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles - the last one of the year  https://worksinprogress.co/issue/were-classical-statues-painted-horribly/ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-story-loses-the-plot/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/23/smartphones-photos-filters-pictures-software https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/19/norways-green-transition-is-putting-sami-culture-at-risk https://aeon.co/essays/why-one-branch-on-the-human-family-tree-replaced-all-the-others https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2025/12/22/why-there-are-suddenly-so-many-self-made-billionaires-under-30/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-about-trauma/202512...

Hi  Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles https://aeon.co/essays/the-word-religion-resists-definition-but-remains-necessary https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/18/why-the-arab-spring-was-never-a-failure https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/21/the-guardian-view-on-gene-editing-breakthroughs-need-a-new-social-contract https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/our-new-discontents/202512/is-social-media-dying https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/how-has-public-history-changed-1951 https://daily.jstor.org/when-americans-started-bathing/ https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/peacemaking-as-an-economic-strategy-investing-in-conflict-prevention-by-mariana-mazzucato-and-rainer-kattel-2025-12 https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/place-and-revolution/articles/hollow-temples https://time.com/7340807/history-debate-insurance-glp-1s/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-linguists-are-creating-a-new-dictionary-of-ancient-celtic-languages-with-help-fro...

Hi  Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/14/why-the-thailand-cambodia-ceasefire-is-failing https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/music/the-beauty-of-dissonance https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/the-legacy-of-nicaea https://aeon.co/essays/how-scientific-motherhood-polices-and-subjugates-women https://daily.jstor.org/playing-with-consciousness/ https://philosophynow.org/issues/171/The_Philosophy_of_Race https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotional-origins-of-violence/202512/where-violence-actually-begins https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/archaeologists-may-have-found-the-lost-city-of-the-silk-road-180987637/ https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/iran-water-crisis-survival-requires-state-control-solidarity-international-cooperation-by-slavoj-zizek-2025-12 https://www.noemamag.com/the-death-of-the-scientist/ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/how-europe-lost-matthijs-tocci https://www.scientific...

Hi  Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/01/human-ancestors-emotion-history/684959/?gift=ih3Agm7ZTQUXUY2wyHjxRJfBfDZe-jbsWk0wuDcEXec&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://aeon.co/essays/sleep-is-not-just-a-physical-need-but-a-delicious-pleasure https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202512/what-your-listening-age-says-about-you https://philosophynow.org/issues/171/Deconstructing_Happiness https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-astronomical-problem-of-space-junk-180987782/ https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g20-countries-must-invest-in-early-childhood-education-by-justin-w-van-fleet-and-pia-rebello-britto-2025-12 https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/claude-monet-algeria https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/07/the-guardian-view-on-ageing-research-our-lives-have-more-distinct-phases-than-we-thought https://daily.jstor.org/ideal-missing...

Hi  Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles https://www.noemamag.com/the -moral-authority-of-animals/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/30/dates-age-hobbies-deal-breakers https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/11/30/how-europes-migration-policy-and-arms-empowered-sudans-warlords https://aeon.co/essays/how-to-paint-with-sound-by-a-virtuoso-classical-guitarist https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/will-2026-bring-financial-crisis https://daily.jstor.org/we-descend-from-the-river/ https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-nigerian-chicken-revolution https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ginger-cinnamon-nutmeg-winter-spices https://hyperallergic.com/everything-is-not-fine-in-the-art-world/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/30/the-guardian-view-on-the-inequality-emergency-why-a-nobel-prize-winners-warning-must-be-heeded https://aeon.co/essays/why-you-need-your-whole-body-from-head-to-toes-to-think https://aeon.co/essays/should-we-act-morally-towards-...