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The Idiot King
On the annoying vagaries of desire
Aug 22
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Iona Italia
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The Make-Believe of a Beginning
Navroze Mubarak!
Aug 15
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Iona Italia
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The Days of the Dead
On the Parsi festival of Mukhtad, our deceased loved-ones are said to walk among us.
Aug 8
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Iona Italia
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On Laughter and Forgetting
The advantages of a poor memory
Aug 1
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Iona Italia
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July 2025
Dark Energy
On the forces that tear us apart
Jul 28
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Iona Italia
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Life in a Fascist State
Tales from my boarding-school days.
Jul 18
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Iona Italia
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Sex Ed
Tales from my life before sexual debut
Jul 11
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Iona Italia
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Adventures in Ecuador
Back in March 2012, while I was living in Buenos Aires, I took an amazing trip to Ecuador, with my friend Dale, who was then working as a travel writer.
Jul 5
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Iona Italia
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Close Encounters
On Australian men and other animals
Jun 28
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Iona Italia
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In the Werelight of Wizardry
All this past week, I’ve been spellbound by Ursula K.
Jun 21
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Iona Italia
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The Fresh and the Stale
Ruminations on synergies, hedonic depletion and love in old age
Jun 14
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Iona Italia
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Mount Stupid: Views from the Top
The Dunning-Kruger effect and its role in my own life
Jun 7
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Iona Italia
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