Meeting Margaret Cavendish
The seventeenth-century philosopher and playwright was a trendsetting, quixotic genius
The seventeenth-century philosopher and playwright was a trendsetting, quixotic genius
Once again, America owes the singer an apology — just not for the reasons she suspects
Doug Stokes challenges the dominant cultural and political narrative which portrays Britain as endemically racist
His letters are a deeply moving supplement to his poems
In the Nation’s Service provides a blow-by-blow account of George P. Shultz’s seven years serving Reagan as the nation’s top diplomat
Emperors from Titus to Hadrian avoided civil war at all costs, but the mass destruction or enslavement of other peoples was another matter
He is the myth-maker, the scholar, the convert, the defender of the faith, the rebel, the writer and the teacher
While I expected the le Carré who emerges from it to be a womanizer, a fantasist and a self-server, I didn’t anticipate that he would be such a terrible bore
Stuart Reid relates the whole convoluted tale lucidly, conveying the steadily growing atmosphere of confusion and fear
Mustafa Suleyman’s new book is a rousing call-to-arms for humanity
A new translation and critical study explore the legendary poem’s numinous spell
Aristotle had long proved that the Earth was spherical, and even the illiterate masses of early medieval Europe were aware of the fact
Touched Out and Mom Rage are to motherhood what Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility is to race relations
At least Ford herself believes she did the right thing when many in her orbit don’t
The best chapters of Walter Isaacson’s book recount last year’s Twitter takeover
America’s Cultural Revolution marks Rufo as an important, deeply knowledgeable thinker
Extremely Online is mostly a story about money
A Guest in the House is a beautifully plotted study of the madness of isolation, steeped in the tropes of fairy tale and horror
The Marriage Question shows us a woman fragmented
The songwriter’s book is free of sentimental clutter, but it would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the takeaway message