Letter from Birmingham June 2022
A day out
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On a trip to Birmingham.
Topic: “Culture”
Features June 2022
Highways to utopia
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On the choices facing the West.
May 24, 2022
The Critic’s Notebook
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On belief, Wayne Thiebaud, The Barber of Seville, A Midsummer Night’s Dream & more from the world of culture.
May 21, 2022
Week in review
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On Elizabeth Stuart & ancient souvenirs.
May 13, 2022
Week in review
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On Susan Jaffe, the Duke of Wellington & deaccessioning artwork.
May 10, 2022
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Parisian architecture, the Monuments Men, Bronislava Nijinska, Nabokov & more from the world of culture.
May 03, 2022
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Leo Strauss, nineteenth-century photography, Bach & more from the world of culture.
Apr 26, 2022
The Critic’s Notebook
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On private libraries, Frederick Morgan, the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens & more.
Apr 23, 2022
Buy the book
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On the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory.
Features May 2022
The plague of “mind-working”
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On the growing class of “intellectuals.”