Margaret Atwood’s autobiography reveals a steely self-possession
No doubt much of this has to do with the question of her upbringing
Books & Arts
It feels as if Michael McFaul’s audience has long since left
New world chaos, old-fashioned debate
Sir Anthony Hopkins, outsider actor
‘The tiger, the tiger, the tiger burning oh so bright in the Welsh forests of the night’
Cameron Crowe’s cringe magic
The Uncool wants to be as honest as that teenager
The stubborn resilience of Mexico
There was a diplomatic, if paradoxical, formula for evading unpalatable edicts: obedezco pero no cumplo (‘I obey, but I won’t do it’)
Is there such a thing as right-wing art?
A durable national identity cannot be asserted into being
Reconciling dreams with reality
Truth to tell, surrealism lent itself to individuals who were inherently off-the-beam
The contingent talent of Emily Sargent
Creativity in proximity to genius without its obligations
Monet’s Venetian moment
Monet also captured another element of the open air: smog
Portrait of a frontier life
Train Dreams, often hailed as a ‘miniature masterpiece,’ is not a story of defeat