The divine Dalí and his ‘Christ’
In his imperfect, weird way, the artist was trying to understand something so deeply beautiful in itself, mere created beings cannot fully grasp it
Books & Arts
Spring’s hottest theatrical openings on Broadway
For theater aficionados, there is hope
Dita Von Teese, the once and forever burlesque star
‘I feel I’ve been rewarded for following my own path,’ she reflects, ‘and for taking the road less traveled’
The loss of Joss Whedon
Even post-cancellation, we still live in the pop culture universe the screenwriter created
Edward Zwick on his hits — and his misses
Hits, Flops and Other Illusions is a fascinating book, both for what it includes and what it either omits or deals with in parentheses
The wit and wisdom of Margaret Cavendish
As a portrait of the thrilling, rackety milieu of the seventeenth-century literary world, Francesca Peacock’s Pure Wit is truly delightful
The frustrating rise of celebrities ‘writing’ children’s books
When you give a child a book by a celebrity, you are feeding their minds with advertising
War hero, bon viveur, Japanese spy: Frederick Rutland wore many masks
Beverly Hills Spy is the story of the espionage war with Japan, and the damaging rivalry between intelligence services that prevented them from working together
Coleman Hughes’s case for a colorblind future
The End of Race Politics expands on the arguments the writer has made for several years
Who’s really behind the Biden administration’s foreign policy?
Alexander Ward’s carefully researched new account argues Biden is POTUS in name only