Good Writer, Bad Picker
Elizabeth Jane Howard showed deep emotional insights as a writer, but could not apply them to her own life
Bold Women About Town
The flâneuse — the female counterpart to the flâneur — and her adventures in cities past and present
Why On Earth Should Anyone Study Philosophy?
There are at least three things wrong with the way the subject is taught at our universities today
American Revolutionaries
Abstract Expressionism was the US’s first truly original native style, bringing new scale and energy to art
William Meyers: Civics
At a time when partisan feelings are strong, William Meyers's "Civics" project steps back to look at the problems of common concern
Vivat Rex!
A modest philanthropist, Rex Sinquefield, is behind the US's triumph at the World Chess Olympiad
Do Svidaniya, Olga!
The hearty icons of Soviet womanhood have vanished
Jolly Jack
J.B. Priestley was known to the public as as a grumpy old man, but that was just a mask