Amid the gold rush at the Games, Esquire columnist Ben Jhoty asks: are our silver and bronze medallists being overlooked?
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has tried to use identity politics to undermine his opponent, Kamala Harris. But while attempts to weaponise race are deplorable, identity is a very personal and often complicated equation
Aura, or charisma, is difficult to quantify, though we all know it when we see it. And on no stage does athlete aura have more currency than the Olympic Games
A product of our productivity-obsessed culture, Esquire columnist Jonathan Seidler struggles to switch off. But when he got sick recently, he was forced to disconnect
The tendency to get tasks out of the way quickly is the latest behavioural trait to receive a snappy label. But is the coining of ‘precrastination’ just another classic case of pathologising benign behaviour in pursuit of making sense of ourselves?
This week the AI-generated image tile, ‘All Eyes On Rafah’, went viral on social media channels, shared by many who’ve never previously been engaged with the conflict in the Middle East. Is this a problem?
As “a mostly stay-at-home dad who still harbours large and potentially foolish ambitions that are unlikely to be realised in a suburban setting”, author and Esquire columnist Jonathan Seidler untangles his – and society’s – relationship to ambition
Is the largely glowing reception to Netflix’s ribald, messy, slightly unhinged and thoroughly entertaining live roast of the NFL GOAT a sign that risqué comedy is back? And, if so, who should be next to face the fire?
