culture, The Freethinking Times https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/topics/culture/ Articles tagged culture at The Freethinking Times en What We Talk About When We Talk About 'Difficult' Books https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/arts-culture/difficult-books/ https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/arts-culture/difficult-books/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT The literary establishment's comfort with calling certain books difficult says more about the establishment than the books. Arts & Culture The Editors Cinema's Nostalgia Problem Is a Thinking Problem https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/arts-culture/cinema-nostalgia-problem/ https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/arts-culture/cinema-nostalgia-problem/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The film industry's retreat into franchises and reboots is not primarily an aesthetic failure. It is an epistemological one. Arts & Culture The Editors