Writings

Oct 8, 20246 min read

Phantom Voyagers: An Invitation to Read Robert Dick-Read

In 2005, an independent scholar and African art connoisseur and trader privately published a book called Phantom Voyagers: Evidence of...

Aug 17, 20249 min read

I have read about the Coliseum of Rome since I was a pre-teen interested in Roman history and civilization. I had never visited it until...

May 6, 20249 min read

Scholars have regularly argued that the Founding Fathers of the United States were well versed in the history and thinking of the ancient...

Mar 21, 202412 min read

Two years ago, on October 27, 2022, the elected members of the Canadian parliament (the House of Commons) voted on a motion. They did so...

Oct 31, 202319 min read

On October 7, 2023 a non-state entity called Hamas, which the U.S. government declared a terrorist organization in 1997 (followed by...

Apr 2, 202316 min read

A Brief Introduction I was admiring the enormous thorn tree spread out in front of me, when a man stopped me and asked, “What kind of...

Jul 31, 202242 min read

Geoffrey Clarfield is a Canadian-Israeli and contributing Editor at the New English Review. He is a native of Toronto. He has lived and...