Douglas Murray Douglas Murray

The delicious schadenfreude of Burning Man

Burning Man festival attendees sit on a muddy desert plain, 3 September 2023 (Getty Images) 
issue 09 September 2023

If any readers are having those September, back-to-work blues perhaps I might offer them a sure-fire palliative? Just go online and watch videos of this year’s Burning Man.

For anyone who doesn’t know, Burning Man is a week-long festival of music and ‘self-expression’ which takes place in the Nevada desert. It is especially popular among libertarians and Silicon Valley types.

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