Digging it
Tunnel 29 reviewed
Books & Arts
Get with the program
Both in Pittsburgh and Miami, I was struck by the rousing enthusiasm that the symphony and soloists evoked with their temerarious playing
Returning to live gigs
When Covid rampaged through the world like a Viking raid of death-cult realtors, the world was suddenly shorn of live music
Nanny bait
Mrs. Doubtfire reviewed
Serve and volley
King Richard reviewed
John Wayne behind the blue line
The Seventies weren’t John Wayne’s decade, and that was fine by him
Hogarth framed
Great artists like Hogarth are getting the trigger-warning treatment
Poor little rich girls
Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson reviewed
Sex and the city
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors reviewed
Picking a fight
Why Argument Matters by Lee Siegel reviewed
Reading gaol
Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison by Daniel Genis reviewed
Reality bit
True Story: What Reality TV Says about Us by Danielle Lindemann reviewed
Getting the jokes in Proust
A dismaying number of Proust readers don’t realize it’s supposed to be funny
