The elusive adventures of Catherine Dior
Miss Dior: A Study of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie reviewed
The great gig in the sky
Leaving the Building: The Lucrative Afterlife of Music Estates by Eamonn Forde reviewed
All Greek to us
The Greeks by Roderick Beaton and The Greek Revolution by Mark Mazower reviewed
We are traveling through a shower of Greek anniversaries, triumphant and calamitous. Last year marked the 25th centenary of the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC, when 300 Greek warships defeated a Persian armada four times larger and ended the Persian empire’s expansion into Europe. This year marks the bicentenary of the beginning of the…
Why should art have ever been considered a male preserve?
The Mirror and the Palette by Jennifer Higgie and Women in the Picture by Catherine McCormack reviewed
Why we should venerate Evelyn Waugh
Waugh was unquestionably among the greatest novelists of the 20th century
The elusive adventures of Catherine Dior
Miss Dior: A Study of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie reviewed
The great gig in the sky
Leaving the Building: The Lucrative Afterlife of Music Estates by Eamonn Forde reviewed
The art world is cashing in on anti-capitalism
Anti-capitalist artists like Barbara Kruger and Santiago Sierra are very skilled at making money from the capitalist machine
Vital Morgan
Lee Morgan was searching for a new musical path forward, following but not retreading the bebop era
Delivery woes
The exorbitant transaction fees Grubhub and DoorDash and Uber Eats charge mean restaurants often lose money
The spy’s the limit
No Time to Die reviewed
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