Notebook November 2019
Up against the wall
On The Great Great Wall: Along the Borders of History from China to Mexico by Ian Volner.
Department: “Notebook”
Notebook October 2019
Under the Syrian soil
On the imperiled excavations in the Middle East.
Notebook September 2019
Norman Stone, 1941–2019
On the life and works of the European historian.
Notebook June 2019
Paul Hollander, 1932–2019
A remembrance of the Hungarian writer and frequent New Criterion contributor.
Notebook May 2019
The last Victorian
Highlights from a lifetime of reading.
Notebook April 2019
Jeffrey Hart, 1930–2019
Remembering the great literary scholar and editor.
Notebook March 2019
Nathan Glazer, 1923–2019
A remembrance of the sociologist.
Notebook March 2019
Wendy Beckett, 1930–2018
A remembrance of the nun and popular art critic.
Notebook February 2019
Naming things as they are
On A. E. Stallings’s new translation of the Works and Days.
Notebook January 2019
Making book in Russia
On the subject of gambling in canonical Russian literature.