February 25, 2019

One name dominates the art market, with his paintings soaring in value and remaining a solid investment

"Christopher Clark's subject is neither time nor power, but something even more evanescent: how those who wielded power were influenced by their sense of history"

In her lively and readable biography, Adina Hoffman charts Ben Hecht’s progress from America’s most successful screenwriter to Jewish activist

"What exactly is China anyway? Is it a civilisation, as some claim? Or a “civilisation state”, with unique cultural markers but within set borders?"

"Francis Green and David Kynaston do not like private schools. They think the government should do something to stop children attending them. Why? You already know the answer."

Linn Ullmann's novel Unquiet interweaves her childhood with conversations with her father Ingmar Bergman — a work of both memory and imagination

Artists in the Third Reich swiftly learnt to adapt to Hitler’s traditionalist cultural diktats