Art January 2022
Exhibition note
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On “Sickert: A Life in Art” at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
Topic: “England”
Features December 2021
For Queen & country
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On “Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace” at the Queen’s Gallery, London.
Features September 2020
Gray mists & ancient stones
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An excerpt from Book Two of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s forthcoming memoir Between Two Millstones.
May 27, 2020
Planting the Plantagenets
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A review of Richard III: The Self-Made King by Michael Hicks.
Books June 2020
For king & company
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Features June 2020
Leaping the fence
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On English gardens and style.
Features March 2020
Margaret Thatcher’s traitors
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On Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography: Herself Alone by Charles Moore.
Reconsiderations February 2020
No flash in the pan
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On the beloved brainchild of George MacDonald Fraser.
Features February 2020
Gertrude Himmelfarb & the Enlightenment
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On the achievements and legacy of the late historian.
Letter from . . . January 2020
All washed up
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On a recent trip to Southsea, Portsmouth, England.