A sketch of democracy
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
An excerpt from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s forthcoming memoir Between Two Millstones.
Features
Marvelous Muriel
by David Pryce-Jones
On the life and legacy of the fiery Scottish novelist.
Hussar of the brush
by Dominic Green
On “Delacroix” at the Louvre Museum, Paris, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Jordan Peterson’s third way
by Steven McGregor
On psychology, romanticism, and twelve mystic rules for life.
Poems
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Reconsiderations
Milton, Mill & the limits of free speech
by Justin Zaremby
On the complexities and responsibilities of free expression.
Theater
The great woke way
by Kyle Smith
On Carousel at the Imperial Theatre and My Fair Lady at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
Art
Giacometti renewed
by Eric Gibson
On “Giacometti” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum & Alberto Giacometti: A Biography by Catherine Grenier.
Exhibition note
by Benjamin Riley
On “Elegance in the Sky: The Architecture of Rosario Candela” at the Museum of the City of New York.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “History Refused to Die: Highlights from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Gift” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Exhibition note
by Franklin Einspruch
On “Leonardo: Discoveries from Verrocchio’s Studio” at the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.
Exhibition note
by Carolyn Stewart
On “Water, Wind, and Waves: Marine Paintings from the Dutch Golden Age” at The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Sims city
by James Panero
On the ignominious removal of a Central Park monument.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the pianist Yekwon Sunwoo at the International Keyboard Institute & Festival and the guitarist Jiji, the harpsichordist-conductor Richard Egarr, the pianist-conductor Christian Zacharias, the soprano Rosa Feola, and the pianist Paul Lewis at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center.
The media
Constituting truth
by James Bowman
On truth harnessed for political utility.
Books
Lincoln & the lion
by Andrew Roberts
The case for connoisseurship
by Marco Grassi
On pointe
by Karen Wilkin
Behave!
by Henrik Bering
Paris when it sizzled
by Paul du Quenoy
Modern medical mischief
by Anthony Daniels
Savage garden
by Conrad Black
Repressive reading
by Paul Hollander
Gallic breadth
by James F. Penrose
Liverpool’s middle ground
by Jeremy Black
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Notebook
Donald Hall, 1928—2018
by Ernest Hilbert
On the late U.S. Poet Laureate and essayist.
Notes & Comments
Yale rights a wrong, sort of
by The Editors
A coda to New Haven’s costume confusion.
Meanwhile, at Williams
by The Editors
On new, noteworthy, and nutty college course offerings.
V. S. Naipaul, 1932—2018
by The Editors
On the late Trinidadian-British writer.