ONLINE ONLY: The Jihad Against Culture
Mali's literary heritage is at risk of destruction by Islamists bent on eradicating all art that doesn't fit their oppressive worldview
Patrick Heron
For a literary grandee with striking features-all angled nose, chin and eyebrows-T.S. Eliot was much photographed but surprisingly little painted. Wyndham Lewis painted him
Hitler’s Superman
Martin Heidegger's apparent denazification after the — with the help of Jewish lover Hannah Arendt — requires further examination
Magnus Magnetism
London's forthcoming Candidates tournament features the world's best, including the highest-ranked player in history, Magnus Carlsen
The Genius Who Beat Einstein To It
The French polymath Henri Pointcaré excelled in astronomy, physics mathematics and a lot more
No Mickey Mouse Artist
Roy Lichtenstein based his work on comic strips but his approach to painting was intellectual
The Poet To Whom Fascism Owed It All
Lucy Hughes-Hallett's Life of Gabriele D'Annunzio paints a picture of a compelling and anarchic poet-statesman
Not Hitler’s Pope, But No Saint Either
Robert A. Ventresca's attempt to dispassionately assess the divisive Pope Pius XVII's pontificate is well-meaning but a penance to read