The real stuff of history
by Keith Windschuttle
The seventh in a series on The future of the European past
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Elegance in mourning: George Braque in London
by Hilton Kramer
On the show of late works at the Royal Academy of Arts
Who was David Stove?
by Roger Kimball
On the Australian philosopher & his work
Spanish notebook
by Renee Winegarten
On the arts in post-Franco Spain
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Poems
Two poems by Léon-Paul Fargue
by Louis Simpson
Translated by and with an introduction from Louis Simpson
Letters from the World
German farewells
by Christian Caryl
On the current German self-image & cinema
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Theater
A lose-lose proposition
by Mark Steyn
On the August Wilson/Robert Brustein debate
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The media
Lionizing the networks
by James Bowman
On ABC’s coverage of the Food Lion story
Books
Thoroughly Modern Burchfield
by John Simon
Brilliantly frivolous
by Brooke Allen
Review of Diaries. Volume I: 1939-1960 by Christopher Isherwood
Not so innocent eyes
by William Logan
Review of Exchanging Hats: Paintings by Elizabeth Bishop
Shorter notice
by Louis Galdieri
On The Odyssey translated by Robert Fagles
Shorter notice
by David Yezzi
On Ibsen’s Brand, translated by Geoffrey Hill
Notes & Comments
The bureaucratic superhighway
by The Editors
On computer literacy & education
Accentuating the negative
by The Editors
On an article in the London Sunday Times on vicars who can’t remember the Ten Commandments