Chelsea Or Montmartre?
The artists and writers who pursued the muse in fin-de-siècle London and Paris
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
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
Glorious Summer
When it comes to summer festival opera, Britain tends to get it right
Tearing Down History
Cecil Rhodes was racist but his life needs to be historically contextualised, not simply attacked
Their Man In London
What do we really want from our security services?
Email Etiquette
Emails are a sphere of communication which is crying out for the imposition of regular form
Chelsea Haven
The architecturally eccentric church of St Simon Zelotes provides unexpected peace