Reviews

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The craft of John le Carré

He was a writer who created his own world, filled with lamplighters and scalphunters, babysitters and pavement artists.

Malcolm Forbes November 11, 2025

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Modern Islam’s loss of theology

As 'Islam' rose from a personal act of submission to an ideology, it eclipsed the very divinity it sought to serve.

Fitzroy Morrissey November 10, 2025

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Musica universalis

The eye did not always have primacy over the ear. Humanity once valued spiritual hearing over spiritual seeing.

Derek Turner November 6, 2025

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Joseph Wright’s age of enlightenment

The English painter captured an emerging world of industry and innovation, discovery and dissemination, against the background of the Industrial Revolution.

Paul Lay November 5, 2025

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Secret networks behind enemy lines

Britain's intelligence networks of the First and Second World War could not have operated without the vital contributions of female agents.

John Raine November 3, 2025

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Paul Thomas Anderson at the movies

The American director's latest film is infused with a mass of cinematic culture.

Muriel Zagha October 31, 2025

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The curious case of corpse killings

Belief in the living dead arose whenever faith wavered and fear reigned supreme.

Katherine Harvey October 27, 2025

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The lure of Beaton’s sublime surfaces

From glittering debutantes to screen sirens, Cecil Beaton captured mid-century glamour, blurring portraiture with performance.

Alexandra Wilson October 24, 2025

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Being Jewish without a state

Advocates for a Jewish identity rooted in anti-Zionism must reckon with a fundamental truth: Zionism triumphed over diasporism because it was brutally vindicated by the horrors of ..

Samuel Rubinstein October 23, 2025