September 8, 2026
Blog
The Overnight Train Is Back, and It Is Not Nostalgia
New routes, new rolling stock, and a booking system that remains the worst part of the whole experience.
Why Everyone Suddenly Wants a Film Camera Again
Second-hand prices have quadrupled, the labs have queues, and the people driving it were not born when the format died.
The Streaming Bubble Has Started to Deflate
Price rises, shrinking catalogues and the quiet return of the thing streaming was supposed to have replaced.
What the Local Election Results Actually Tell Us
Turnout fell again, the swing was smaller than the coverage suggested, and the interesting number is buried in the ward-level data.
Three Days in Trieste, the City That Cannot Decide Which Country It Is
Italian by passport, Austrian by architecture, Slovenian by lunch. A weekend in the least Italian city in Italy.
The Quiet Return of the Neighbourhood Bookshop
They were supposed to be finished twice over, first by the chains and then by the internet. Instead there are more of them than there were a decade ago.