Pictures at an exhibition
As he collects nearly two decades of essays and criticism, Marco Grassi recalls a life in the art world
Books and Arts
Monday
Sundance memories
Robert Redford’s film festival goes virtual
Friday
Ever the Twain
For an artist to qualify as a genius, he only has to do create a single masterpiece once. Twain did it twice
Radetzky marches on
From the sounds of Strauss to the stories of Joseph Roth
Thursday
Comfortably numb: Sam Harris on meditation
Harris ignores the prerequisites for meditation that nearly all religions consider essential
Wednesday
Picking Apple
There probably is something here for everyone. But maybe only one thing
Tuesday
Spells and bindings
The Madman’s Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History by Edward Brooke-Hitching reviewed
Monday
Fear thy neighbor
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White reviewed
Wednesday
Here’s looking at you, Kid
One hundred years on from the seminal Chaplin flick
Thursday
Things go flying
The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale reviewed
Thursday
A Scottish Paradise
Paradise: Dante’s Divine Trilogy Part Three. Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray reviewed
Wednesday
An unquiet life
There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura reviewed
Tuesday
From Prussia with love
The Humboldt brothers inspired Berlin’s museums — and London’s too
Eyes wide open
Frederic Raphael wrote the script for Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Now he writes a personal letter to the director’s shade
Ridley’s game
Raised by Wolves reviewed
Monday
Playwright at play
Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee reviewed
Boys will be boys
Whatever happened to the heroes?
Wednesday
Old Masters, new look
The Met has cleaned up its act
Confessions of a hype artist
Where there’s pop, there’s hype — and there’s nothing wrong with that
Sunday
Alison Lurie, 1926-2020
In memory of a friend
