At eighty, Casablanca embodies Hollywood high style
The movie still resonates with viewers even to this day
Books & Arts
Is this Tom Stoppard’s last act?
If Leopoldstadt does not convince the theatergoing public, then what will?
The heart of The Rings of Power
Amazon’s Tolkien adaptation does justice to the aesthetics as well as the ethics of his world
The buildings Richard Nickel championed
None were so dear to him as architect Louis Sullivan’s
A chronicler of enormities
Leonard Baskin was not to everyone’s taste, and the feeling was mutual
Dawn party
The Whitney Museum is digging back to the dawn of American Modernism
A comedian explains how to quit social media
James Acaster has not stopped exploring where he might want to go
Living one’s best life
It helps to have a soft spot for life-wisdom books
The bookish life of John Carey
Sunday Best: 80 Great Books from a Lifetime of Reviews by John Carey reviewed
Nick Cave’s musings on life, death and creativity
Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan reviewed
The prodigal daughter
Mussolini’s Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe by Caroline Moorehead reviewed
