Do Svidaniya, Olga!
The hearty icons of Soviet womanhood have vanished
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Jolly Jack
J.B. Priestley was known to the public as as a grumpy old man, but that was just a mask
Poetry Prospers
The anthology Hwaet! proves poetry is alive and thriving at the Ledbury Poetry Festival
Intersectionality
The Black Lives Matter movement recently disrupted traffic in the UK — but to what avail?
Marx and Freud: The Creatures of Prometheus
The titans of modern Western thought were products of the civilisation they revolutionised
His Master’s Voice: Scruton On Wagner
Roger Scruton's book on Wagner argues that The Ring is one of the most important works of art produced in the past 200 years
Highgate Lads and Countrymen
New biographies of A.E. Housman and Evelyn Waugh expose their rural facades
Our Man On Twitter
Is Tom Fletcher's Naked Diplomacy the new model for British statecraft?
Native Narratives
J.C.H. King's history of Native North America gives a fractured, kaleidoscopic view — not unlike the reality
Betrayal In Jerusalem
Amos Oz's new novel Judas embraces history, debate, and autobiography
All Things Banal And Beautiful
William Eggleston is the godfather of colour art photography and a master of everyday America
Charles-François Daubigny
Inspiring Impressionism, at the Scottish National Gallery, argues that Charles-François Daubigny was one of the most important artists of the 19th century