Prince of Europe’s long peace
Metternich: Strategist and Visionary by Wolfram Siemann reviewed
Books & Arts
Apocalypse soon
The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success by Ross Douthat reviewed
The refreshing darkness of Netflix’s Locke & Key
The world before woke
Finger pickin’ good
Banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck has reinvented his instrument and retraced its roots
Tenor badness
Benny Golson, last legend of bebop
Conscious coupling
Sex therapy with Anna Karenina
Cosmopolis
Migrant City: A New History of London by Panikos Panayi reviewed
Magus of mass production
Warhol by Blake Gopnik reviewed
It’s different for girls
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo reviewed
The bloody decade: think America’s divided now? Try the 1970s
In 1974 alone, there were 2,044 bombings in America, with 24 people killed