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Orit Gat is a writer living in London. She is a contributing editor of The White Review.


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On Marriage, Netflix, and Other Things I Hate

BOOK REVIEW

June 2023

ORIT GAT

BOOK REVIEW

June 2023

1. ‘It’s kind of crazy to shop at Target, watch Netflix, drive a Honda, and still have a husband.’   Marriage falls into a...

BOOK REVIEW

July 2022

It’s Personal: Writing and Reading Through Grief

ORIT GAT

BOOK REVIEW

July 2022

1. A spill  I’m drinking coffee in bed and reading The Reactor. I feel so close to everything Nick...

There is no better distillation of the rich history of this sceptred isle than the English country house Foxgrove Hall is one such example In 1732, Edgar Lakeland constructed the estate with a fortune accrued from business dealings in the West Indies Upon his marriage to the daughter of a prominent landowner in Barbados, he returned to England to manage the investments from his newly-acquired landholdings The house itself sits on a 300 hectare estate of pristine parkland on the southern border of Gloucestershire Approaching from the north drive, one cannot help but admire the building’s imposing facade, constructed entirely from locally-quarried stone Large Corinthian pilasters support an elaborately stuccoed portico emblazoned with the family’s coat of arms: typical flourishes of Yorkshire-born architect John Carr The main hall, painstakingly preserved by Lakeland’s descendants, remains one of the finest examples of the architecture of the period Visitors to Foxgrove can expect to enjoy an unparalleled collection of Baroque art, and must be sure to drop by for a spot of tea at the café in the Kitchen Gardens   Extract from The Treasure Houses of England by Jonathan S Bailey, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1963)   I am delighted to inform you that your application for the position of Writer in Residence at Foxgrove Hall has been accepted Your proposed exploration of historic connections between the Caribbean and the English countryside was met with much interest by the judging panel We look forward to welcoming you to Foxgrove in the summer   Extract from letter to Ms Cecilia Braithwaite, from the Office of the Director of Public Engagement, English Heritage archives   *   9 June   Everything about this place feels unreal The house, the people, even my view From the window by  my desk, I can see the sweeping slope of lawn that falls onto the southern terrace The grass is the acid green of those sweets I used to love What were they called? They were all sour and made your mouth pucker up – Toxic Waste And the weather is glorious A real Indian summer, Mr

CONTRIBUTOR

August 2014

Orit Gat

CONTRIBUTOR

August 2014

Orit Gat is a writer living in London. She is a contributing editor of The White Review.

ESSAY

September 2020

Three Finals

ORIT GAT

ESSAY

September 2020

1998   In the summer of 2006, at a bar off Odéon, a girl I didn’t know drew a...

Anna Wiener’s ‘Uncanny Valley’

BOOK REVIEW

February 2020

ORIT GAT

BOOK REVIEW

February 2020

1. SF vs NY   Anna Wiener found herself in the right place at the right time. That is, if that was what she...
James Bridle’s ‘New Dark Age’

BOOK REVIEW

October 2018

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BOOK REVIEW

October 2018

Halfway through James Bridle’s foreboding, at times terrifying, but ultimately motivating account of our technological present, he recounts a scene from a magazine article...
Women and Technology: History is a Cautionary Tale

BOOK REVIEW

April 2018

ORIT GAT

BOOK REVIEW

April 2018

Few book reviews open with amateur rap, but: ‘back in the day when new media was new,’ goes the first line of a song...
Scroll, Skim, Stare

FEATURE

Issue No. 16

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FEATURE

Issue No. 16

1.   This is an essay about contemporary art that includes no examples. It includes no examples because its subject – artists’ websites, their...
What Can an Art Magazine Be?

FEATURE

Issue No. 10

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FEATURE

Issue No. 10

What can an art magazine be? Today, as the publishing industry reassesses its role in the age of the internet, the pioneering art magazine Metronome provides...

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poetry

November 2014

Like Rabbits

Bethan Roberts

poetry

November 2014

When my husband unrolled the back door of the brewery’s lorry and hoisted first one cage, then another, onto...

poetry

July 2014

Little Pistorius in a Sleevelet of Mirrors

Joyelle McSweeney

poetry

July 2014

INSERT: Little Pistorius in a Sleevelet of Mirrors A ballet performed by the corps du ballet of S——– to...

feature

May 2017

The Pilgrims

Rachel Aydt

feature

May 2017

ST. JOAN The great actress Renée Jeanne Falconetti stands trial for heresy, a woeful story told with her eyes...

 

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