Of, by & for the freedmen
by Allen C. Guelzo
On the aesthetics and history of the Freedman’s Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Features
War as an art form
by James F. Penrose
On the Australian war correspondent and writer Alan Moorehead.
Keats & the pronunciation of “Cortez”
by William Logan
On a problematic line from Keats’s famous sonnet, “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer.”
“The same adorable source”
by D. Q. McInerny
A review of Robert R. Reilly’s America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding.
Poems
Letters from the World
The infantilizing of England
by Simon Heffer
On the moral ramifications of Britain’s quarantine.
Mali memories
by Anthony Daniels
On travels in Africa and life in France.
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Reflections
All over but the crying
by David Pryce-Jones
On Lali and Freddy Horstmann.
Art
Félix Fénéon at MOMA
by Karen Wilkin
On “Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant Garde—from Signac to Matisse and Beyond” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Exhibition note
by Jessica Douglas-Home
On “Barnett Freedman: Designs for Modern Britain” at the Pallant House Gallery, North Pallant, United Kingdom.
Exhibition note
by Sean McGlynn
On “Léon Spilliaert” at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Struggle session
by James Panero
On “Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Music
Salzburg chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the 2020 Salzburg Festival.
The media
A mystery
by James Bowman
On American hatred and inexplicable coalitions.
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Notebook
William Seale’s approach to preservation
by Timothy Jacobson
On the life and work of the historian of the White House.
Notes & Comments
Ideas have consequences
by The Editors
On recent developments in “Critical Race Theory.”