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If You Name-Check Orwell, You’ve Lost the Argument

Appealing to the long-dead writer is a sign you haven't thought very hard

The Faces of the True American Cowboy

Black faces mostly go missing when we tell stories of the Old West — but they were living legends who created our idea of the cowboy today

The British Guys Who LARP as American Cowboys

Ten miles from London’s Gatwick Airport lies the most ambitious live-action Western game ever played

A Browbeating Cultural History of the ‘Old Battle-Axe’

What the hell is a battle-axe, anyway, and why is it even an insult?