Fashion, fairies and folklore
As every sullen teenager knows, headphones are a great way to escape the family gathering and retreat inward
Books & Arts
Sounds of Christmas past
I tend to associate Christmas music with the records I received as gifts when I was a kid
Roy Hargrove doubles up
For anyone looking for a stocking stuffer for the aficionado — or merely the lover — of good music, here it is
A dream of a dress
It’s easy to see why Dior still rules the red carpet
Broadway’s back(side)
Six and Chicken & Biscuits reviewed
Prints of Wales and elsewhere
Amid the turbulence of modernism, British artists made art for themselves
A brush with Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell was a female star of the Abstract Expressionist boys’ club
The Road Not Traveled
A short story
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s masterpiece is finally appearing
March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 3 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn reviewed
Books of the Year 2021
Our best reads and most pertinacious page-turners of 2021