Prague: spring in winter
by John O’Sullivan
On the fortieth anniversary of the Prague Spring.
Features
Hazlitt’s philocaption: a very child in love
by John Derbyshire
On the writer’s “inordinate love for another.”
Churchill’s friends & rivals
by Robert Messenger
On the great prime minister’s relationships with David Lloyd George and with Gandhi.
Auden’s cheery bishop
by Jeremy Bernstein
On Ernest William Barnes, the Anglican Bishop of Birmingham.
Poems
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Letters from the World
Continental divide
by Paul Hollander
On the view of America from Europe.
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Theater
Joys of summer
by Brooke Allen
On Hair at the Delacorte Theater, Noël Coward in Two Keys at the Berkshire Theater Festival, and Buffalo Gal at Primary Stages.
Art
Morandi at the Met
by Karen Wilkin
On “Giorgio Morandi, 1890–1964” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Exhibition note
by Christie Davies
On “Wyndham Lewis Portraits” at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “The Etchings of Giorgio Morandi” at Pace Master Prints & “Giorgio Morandi: Paintings and Works on Paper” at Lucas Schoormans Gallery.
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Music
Salzburg chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the 2008 Salzburg Festival.
The media
The choice of Sarah Palin
by James Bowman
On the Republican vice-presidential candidate and the feminists.
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Books
French & Indian peace
by Walter McDougall
On Champlain’s Dream: The European Founding of North America, by David Hackett Fischer.
The art of reality
by Paul Dean
As deep as England
by Richard Tillinghast
On Letters of Ted Hughes, edited by Christopher Reid.
Sacred monsters
by Andrew Stuttaford
On Blood & Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism, by Michael Burleigh.
Dispiriting
by Joseph Bottum
On Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal, by Rob Riemen.
Whitman’s spell
by Thomas M. Disch
On Worshipping Walt: The Whitman Disciples, by Michael Robertson.
iPods & nimrods
by Liam Julian
On The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30), by Mark Bauerlein.
The family Lincoln
by Alexander Nazaryan
On The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage, by Daniel Mark Epstein.
Notebook
I.M. Shusha Guppy, 1935-2008
by Ben Downing
Remembering the Persian expatriate and London editor of the Paris Review.
Notes & Comments
The Rosenbergs: case closed
by The Editors
On the couple executed for treason in 1953.
An inspired choice at the Met
by The Editors
On the newly announced successor to Philippe de Montebello.