Non-fiction
Articles
Non-fiction — essays and pieces written to think an idea all the way through.
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The rise of AI: A threat or a tool for creativity
AI can now write a decent essay on demand. That helps anyone who finds writing hard — and quietly costs students the practice that makes them better at it. Read it on Beyond the Box →
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A healthy mind is the foundation of a meaningful life
What mental health actually is, why it shapes everything from decision-making to stress, and how habits quietly build a mind worth living in.
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Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
One mother, six children and a morning too cold to go outside — how a made-up holiday escaped the house it was invented in.
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3-year-old James Tufts becomes mayor of a US town!
A report from Dorset, Vermont, where a lucky-draw ballot handed the mayor’s office to a three-year-old — and where his brother had held it before him.
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A letter to my favourite author, Rick Riordan
On Percy Jackson, the Heroes of Olympus, and why putting mythology into the real world was a genius idea.
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Letter to 2024
A farewell to a year that held a first trip abroad, a move to a new city, a startup that failed, and 4,500 steps.