Hume’s ‘Treatise’ And The Problem Of Early Success
A new biography sheds light on the afterlife of Hume's writings
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
When Francis Was Still Jorge
Cardinal Bergoglio's road to the Vatican
Stalin’s Man In London
The newly-published diaries of Ivan Maisky are an extraordinarily important 21st-century contribution to our understanding of the Second World War
Our Island’s Storytelling
How Britain discovered a lucrative new role as a global cultural powerhouse
Chelsea Or Montmartre?
The artists and writers who pursued the muse in fin-de-siècle London and Paris
The Sons Also Rise
What is it like to grow up as the child of a dictator?
Found In Translation
One of the greatest writers of short stories is finally getting his English-language dues
Bibliophiles Beware: Online Prices Are A Lottery
The internet bookselling market appears to be based on nothing more than whim
A Steppe In The Right Direction
Patrick Marber cuts Turgenev back to the essentials while Cumberbatch triumphs in a muddled Hamlet
Scraping and Scumbling
A Tate retrospective of Frank Auerbach’s work reveals a man doggedly committed to his art
Beauty Of The Beast
Rembrandt Bugatti showed the very soul of his animal subjects