Culture · Essay

The Long Quiet of a Full House

A thousand people sitting in the dark is the last genuinely collective act we have left. On the theatre as a machine for attention.

Marguerite Aldana · 2 September 2026 · 2 min

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Tailoring, silhouette and the politics of dress.

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Dispatches and opinion on the place we all share.

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