Articles by Gertrude Himmelfarb

Books May 1983

“The Englishness of England”

by Gertrude Himmelfarb

A review of The English world: History, Character, and People by Robert Blake.

Features December 1982

Who now reads Macaulay?

by Gertrude Himmelfarb

On writing and reading history.

Features October 1982

William Cobbett: “an English episode”

by Gertrude Himmelfarb

On Cobbett's ideas and influence.

I Unprecedented by Michael Anton

II Big, fat, Greek weddings by Sarah Ruden

III The fallacies of the common good by Kim R. Holmes

IV The Flagstad legend by Samuel Lipman

V The right targets