Joe Biden and the attractions of Augustine
Alexander Lee
Why did Joe Biden’s quotation of St. Augustine on society and love strike such a chord?
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Why did Joe Biden’s quotation of St. Augustine on society and love strike such a chord?
Hollywood liked Trump and helped make him. Then he became President. Can entertainment and politics be restored to their proper place?
The presidential inauguration makes manifest the complexity and beauty of the American Dream.
In his pets, the Cardinal found liberation from the toils of statecraft. Those care-free animals envy not man’s restraints.
The great dancer Vaslav Nijinsky’s astonishing revival after decades of madness ranks as one of the most mysterious events in art – he found it in himself to have one last dance.
To follow the course of London’s ancient rivers is to take a journey through centuries of history.
The shadow of 1912 hangs heavily over today’s Republican party. The Republicans lost out to the Democrats after Theodore Roosevelt continued to campaign on a ‘Progressive’ ticket although he had been beaten in the primaries by incumbent President William Howard Taft.
We should take inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe’s high-minded approach to art and morality. Her life story is a lesson in the importance of deeply felt principles.
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to endless list-making and tally-counting. History shows us that this is a fundamental human need.
The fortunes and friendships of Maurice Princet – mathematician and ‘godfather’ of Cubism – testify to the enduring link between art and abstraction.
From pagan rituals to paper hats, the tradition of the festive season has always evolved with the times.
The master storyteller – who has died aged 89 – chronicled the Cold War and revealed powerful truths about the human condition
Alchemy embraces a sophisticated set of beliefs and a high-minded cosmology, much to the chagrin of the pure rationalist.
Beneath the stiff upper lip of Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary in 1914, lay a passion for politics and for love.
Dunwich, once a bustling medieval city, was swept under the waves in a series of storms. Little now remains of this English Atlantis.
The mystery of the role of fire in Heraclitus’s aphorisms has beguiled and delighted generations of readers.
With globalism disrupted by Covid, cities offer a tried and tested way of binding people together.
While celebrity has ruined many a talent, the rest of us miss those small public performances in the pub or theatre, which make life that little bit more exciting.
Tudor composer William Byrd concealed his true faith in music – and his yearning for a return to better times resonates with us today in the chimes of the chapel choir.
The pandemic coincided with the 30th anniversary of the reunification of Germany – the crisis is a chance to find that sense of optimism again.
Blindness offers a metaphor for the perils of worldly delusion. And the physically blind can sometimes discover new ways of seeing.
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