How museums can promote diversity without demonizing tradition
We need art that keeps our collective imagination and sense of tradition alive
Books and Arts
Tuesday
Tuesday
Has Trump’s return defanged Ezra Klein?
Abundance is the old juicebox mafia’s definitive statement to the world in the second Trump era
Unpacking John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s complex relationship
You end John & Paul in understanding of their essential humanity
Joan Didion’s unedited record of therapy is morbidly fascinating
It is the great failure of Notes to John that it lacks the writer’s distinctive voice altogether
Erik Satie was an inadvertent innovator
Ian Penman’s brief book takes us around the French composer’s life three times
Seventy-five years of Strangers on a Train
At its dark, complex heart, the novel represents Patricia Highsmith at her most contradictory – and greatest
Why does Irish art avoid the Troubles?
There is something truly pathological about the taboo given that Irish art is awash with politics
Dead Outlaw is sharp-witted and irreverent
An irreverent musical about the ‘life’ of a mysterious dead body forces us to confront death
Tuesday
Who was William F. Buckley Jr., really?
This book, apparently 20 years in the making, is the product of immense learning and shows a rare familiarity with its subject and his times
The passage of Ragtime
Half a century on, how does E.L. Doctorow’s great American novel fare?
A profound account of the October 7 pogrom
Douglas Murray has authored a book for the ages
Ocean Vuong’s newest work is an affecting celebration of misfits
For all its flaws, The Emperor of Gladness is ultimately a worthwhile novel with a big heart
Keith McNally’s memoir is strangely unappetizing
I didn’t enjoy I Regret Almost Everything
Charles Ives was a composer before his time
He can be remembered as a time-traveler through American music whose presence changed everything
The Picture of Dorian Gray is headache-inducing
Sarah Snook excels in her 26-role masterclass — but there’s too much tech
My Bob Dylan pilgrimage
The lights dimmed and the crowd roared as he walked on stage
Wednesday
Amanda Knox’s new memoir asks what lies next
Free is expansive; contemplative in parts and kooky in others
The double life of a single man
Two biographies connect the life and work of Christopher Isherwood
A Charles Dickens patchwork
A night walk through the world of an author haunted by humanity
Whatever happened to the Panther Den Show?
Why a generation of online right-wingers embraced its esoteric memes
