{"id":16822,"date":"2024-08-29T14:12:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T14:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erb.ambition4clients.nl\/?page_id=16822"},"modified":"2024-08-29T15:47:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:47:07","slug":"essays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/europeanreviewofbooks.com\/uk\/essays\/","title":{"rendered":"Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-2 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-02493678 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1450 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-issue-one-uk library-essays-uk erb-paywalled\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:4vh;padding-right:4vw;padding-bottom:4vh;padding-left:4vw\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:1.2; padding-right:0;padding-left:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanreviewofbooks.com\/uk\/beyond-thalassophobia\/\" target=\"_self\" >Beyond thalassophobia<\/a><span class=\"erb-tooltip\">This article is available for Members only. 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