Music November 2016
Opera note
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On Samson et Dalila and Tosca performed by the Opéra national de Paris.
Topic: “France”
Features November 2016
Tocqueville’s English correspondence
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On the French statesman’s English language letters.
Features September 2016
The Caliphate’s multi-pronged war
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On the many fronts of Islamic terror’s war with the West.
Jul 08, 2016
Week in review
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On Michel Houellebecq's outing in the art world, and government without glory.
Jul 01, 2016
Week in review
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Roger Kimball on Brexit, and France's endless revolution.
Reconsiderations June 2016
The master propagandist
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On Jacques-Louis David’s moral foibles.
Features June 2016
Mixing memory & desire
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On Patrick Modiano’s deliberate obscurantism.
Books June 2016
Nadar’s highs and lows
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Art June 2016
Rousseau at Musée d’Orsay
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On “The Douanier Rousseau. Archaic Candour” at the Musée d’Orsay.
May 02, 2016
Pierre de Mahéas: the philosopher’s tone
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On a modern-day alchemist.