The Aesthetes: When Kitsch Was Avant-Garde We may sneer at the Victorian aesthetes, but is the sloppier, more cynical art of today any healthier? August 30, 2026 Art·Western Europe
Beacon of Liberty Amid Depression Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today August 30, 2026 Academia·Communism·Constitutional Affairs·Economy·Europe·Features·France·Germany·Global Governance·History·International·Philosophy·Politics·Russia·The West·Western Europe