Significant works reviewed by Engelsberg Ideas writers.
The fate of the Austro-Hungarian nobility after the fall of the Habsburg Empire raises interesting questions about what ‘old’ elites should do when politics changes.
India’s thriving dissident art scene during the late-20th century addressed the social ills facing a growing nation.
Four remarkable medieval women writers challenge a world dominated by male voices, offering vivid insights into female power, creativity, spirituality, and ambition in an era that ..
One of the 18th-century’s most colourful princes, Augustus 'the Strong' combined disastrous military expeditions with an instinct for art and culture.
In Clint Eastwood's latest film, Juror 2, the 94-year old director reworks themes of sin, redemption and guilt, intrinsic to the complex foundations of the American idea.
A 'comprehensive' exhibition devoted to Surrealism at the Centre Pompidou deprives the movement of its most essential characteristic: its willingness to confront the world of dream..
Tirzah Garwood's work is characterised by strangeness, meditative intensity and precision, and a deep sense of play.
Georg Elser came within minutes of assassinating Adolf Hitler in 1939. Had he succeeded, the 20th century might have run a very different course.
Britain's railways are more than just machines. They are a miniature civilisation in their own right, teeming with human experience and bound together by shining ribbons of steel.
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