A dream of a dress
It’s easy to see why Dior still rules the red carpet
Books and Arts
Thursday
Roy Hargrove doubles up
For anyone looking for a stocking stuffer for the aficionado — or merely the lover — of good music, here it is
Sounds of Christmas past
I tend to associate Christmas music with the records I received as gifts when I was a kid
Fashion, fairies and folklore
As every sullen teenager knows, headphones are a great way to escape the family gathering and retreat inward
Monday
All Greek to us
The Greeks by Roderick Beaton and The Greek Revolution by Mark Mazower reviewed
Why should art have ever been considered a male preserve?
The Mirror and the Palette by Jennifer Higgie and Women in the Picture by Catherine McCormack reviewed
Why we should venerate Evelyn Waugh
Waugh was unquestionably among the greatest novelists of the 20th century
Turning the page on James Bond
James Bond was first a literary hero
The art world is cashing in on anti-capitalism
Anti-capitalist artists like Barbara Kruger and Santiago Sierra are very skilled at making money from the capitalist machine
Vital Morgan
Lee Morgan was searching for a new musical path forward, following but not retreading the bebop era
Delivery woes
The exorbitant transaction fees Grubhub and DoorDash and Uber Eats charge mean restaurants often lose money
Eternal Eastwood
Cry Macho reviewed
The spy’s the limit
No Time to Die reviewed
Thursday
An orange or an egg? Determining the shape of the world
Latitude: The True Story of the World’s First Scientific Expedition by Nicholas Crane reviewed
Shakespeare is getting trigger warnings
Shakespeare, after decades of being found to be Problematic, is now being reclaimed as the wokemeister-in-chief
The triumph of bedroom pop
From Joe Meek to Taylor Swift: a short history of lo-fi
Tuesday
Flagging energy
Jasper Johns, an art-world darling for decades, is getting a massive museum retrospective
How Hitler’s great gamble nearly paid off
The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough reviewed
Time for Another Round
Another Round reviewed
Monday
Titian meets Isabella Stewart Gardner
The masterpieces of Titian’s old age have come to Boston
