The August Journal
A newsletter on literature, culture, history, and philosophy.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 38 | Founded | 9 months ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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But Who Will Hold the Hangman's Hand?
When asked the question “what do you want to be when you grow up?”, no child said “a hangman.” In fact, it is unlikely that any child or adult had ever met an executioner up close or spoken to one for any extended period of time, seeing as...
Just How Pied Was this Piper?
In the year 1284 on the day of John and Paul, the 26th of June, 130 children born in Hamelin were led away by a piper dressed in many-coloured clothes to Calvary close to the Koppen and were there lost.
The above is an English translation...
I'll Get My Hands on Your Diary Someday
As soon as we die, we enter into fiction. […] Once we can no longer speak for ourselves, we are interpreted.
- Hilary Mantel
Im Gebet by F. Schurig, 1889
Who are you writing for when writing in a diary, journal, or notebook? Likely your...
The Bane of Progress
Men of Progress by Christian Schussele, 1862
The oil painting above was commissioned in 1857 by Jordan Mott, the inventor of a coal-burning stove. The scene depicted never actually took place; instead, Mott requested that Schussele paint a...
So You Think You Can Joust?
What was a joust?
A joust was, as Oxford Languages describes it, a medieval sports contest in which two opponents on horseback fought with lances. However, when jousting was first coming into its own in the early 1100s, it wasn’t neces...
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