Margaret Thatcher’s traitors
by Robin Harris
On Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography: Herself Alone by Charles Moore.
Features
Not so great
by William Voegeli
On Great Society: A New History by Amity Shlaes.
Roger Scruton: defender of the soul & civilization
by Daniel J. Mahoney
Considering the late philosopher’s intellectual and moral legacy.
Reflections on anti-Semitism
by Frederic Raphael
On the suppression of those labeled “too clever by half.”
Poems
Most popular
Reflections
The Greece of George Seferis
by Robert D. Kaplan
On the voice of wounded Hellenism.
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Reconsiderations
A romantic anti-romantic
by David Platzer
On the overlooked works of Hugo Charteris.
Theater
Sex, race, ethnicity
by Kyle Smith
On Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice at the Signature Center, A Soldier’s Play at the American Airlines Theater, and West Side Story at the Broadway Theater.
Art
Hope & glory
by Benjamin Riley
On the re-imagined British decorative arts galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
True to nature at the National Gallery
by Karen Wilkin
On “True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe, 1780–1870” at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Baroque is back
by Clive Aslet
On “British Baroque: Power and Illusion” at Tate Britain, London.
Bird-brained at the Frick
by James Panero
On ill-advised renovations to a New York treasure.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On Rosa Feola in recital at the Park Avenue Armory, a new piano concerto by Esteban Benzecry, a new cello concerto by Brett Dean, and a performance of Winterreise by Peter Mattei and Lars David Nilsson.
The media
Polite fictions
by James Bowman
On lies, “lies,” and their usefulness.
Books
Notebook
J. P. Stern & the sum of all things
by Peter Schwendener
On the prolific critic of German literature.
Notes & Comments
Decline, fall & rise
by The Editors
On “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again.”