This week at Popula

An eminent emergency room doctor on the psychic toll of his profession; corrupt cash in Uganda; Didion revisited. What's in a (Balkan) place name? and much more.

My Airport: LCG

An escape hatch, and a friendly doorway back home

Back to the Age of Political Strongmen

The incoherence is the point

Myriam Gurba Is Not an AI

Her new essay collection, 'Creep', is the real thing