This month in culture: January 2025
What to watch this month
Books & Arts
Guiding young minds through the National Gallery of Art
To my pleased surprise, when I met with my tour group I was confronted with very alert and engaged students
William Boyd’s latest novel is a smoothly gripping read
Gabriel’s Moon is the welcome return of one of Britain’s most reliably gripping novelists
Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous book exposes the horrors of celebrity
From Here to the Great Unknown is a tale about the intoxicating highs of the entertainment business, and a grim reminder of its abysmal lows
One hundred years of Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy
The novel is as much a historical artifact as a work of fiction
How Norman Mailer changed the face of biography
Thirty years ago, two intriguing books by the writer appeared just a few months apart
An insightful account of America’s decline
Matt Purple’s Decline from the Top: Snapshots from America’s Crisis and Glimmers of Hope is a veritable joy to read
