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Test-Boosting Tasty Sauce Steak Recipe

August 16, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Forget Tim Ferriss’ Sexy Time Steak. I’ve tried that steak recipe maybe 20 times now, and I’ve never been overly impressed (sorry, Tim). But through some trial and error during lockdown, plus finding a world class butcher that provides decadent cuts of New Zealand Wagyu and Reserve steak sirloins, I’ve managed to crack the steak […]

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I Wanna Be Adored

May 4, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Sometimes you need to be angry.  Wrath pays. In life, like in writing. And in running too. This is not what I’m thinking as I start jogging this morning. But it will be what I’m thinking by the time the run is over.  The run begins with the iconic opening track of The Stone Roses […]

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The Best Lockdown Workout Routine

May 3, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

You’re about to learn the fitness secrets that will result in you leaving lockdown with the body of a Greek god. But act fast! This once-in-a-lifetime deal is only going to be available for the next 23 hours for the ludicrously low price of $989 $579 $299 $39.99 FREE! I’m just messing. Any fitness advice […]

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Never Break The Chain

April 30, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

I tear through familiar foliage. Off the path, past green bowls nets, through an ivy-framed fir-fringed portal, and out onto the wide planes of Primrose Hill, BT Tower glittering through the mid-morning mist. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s narration of Anna Karenina, not the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation splayed open at page one-hundred-and-fifty back on my bedside table, […]

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Benjamin McEvoy

I write essays on great books, elite education, practical mindset tips, and living a healthy, happy lifestyle. I'm here to help you live a meaningful life.

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    10 Books Of Poetry Every Literature Lover Will Treasure
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    How to Get an Oxford University English Literature Education for Free
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    41 MasterClasses Ranked and Reviewed (What is the best MasterClass?)
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    How to Read Crime and Punishment (10 Tips for Digesting Dostoyevsky)
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    How to Read Anna Karenina (10 Tips for Tackling Tolstoy)
  • 8 Books That Will Deepen Your Love and Understanding of Shakespeare
    8 Books That Will Deepen Your Love and Understanding of Shakespeare
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    Which Translation of Anna Karenina is the Best? Pevear & Volokhonsky vs Constance Garnett vs Aylmer and Louise Maude
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    18 Books Every 18-Year-Old Should Read (a.k.a. The Human Being Syllabus)

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