Reviews

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Nasser’s children

Gamal Abdel Nasser, often remembered as a hero of Arab nationalism, was a far darker figure who exported a brutal model of revolutionary repression across the Arab world.

Nigel Ashton November 18, 2024

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Liberalism’s lost saint

A serious investigation of the founding principles of liberalism must reckon with John Locke's complex legacy of ideas.

David Wootton November 15, 2024

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The Mughals, opulence unparalleled

Created to exalt imperial power, Mughal art continues to inspire awe.

Mathew Lyons November 8, 2024

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An intimate glimpse of President Trump

President Trump's former National Security Adviser offers a cool-headed reflection on what went right during Trump’s first year in office as well as what went wrong.

Jack Dickens November 6, 2024

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Eugene Onegin’s entropic beauty

A minimalist rendering of Eugene Onegin takes this opera back to its roots. Tchaikovsky's original vision was domestic and psychological, in contrast to sweeping epics of national ..

Benjamin Poore November 4, 2024

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America’s historical overload

The United States has always been subject to deep divisions – over slavery, over immigration, over post-Civil War reconstruction, over McCarthyism, and over the civil rights moveme..

Christopher Silvester November 4, 2024

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The many makings of Donald Trump

The young Donald Trump came to prominence in the New York of the 1970s and 1980s, but it can be a challenge to look back to the origins of a story that remains unfinished.

Angus Reilly November 1, 2024

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Medieval women speak beyond the page

The great unruly chorus of medieval women’s voices finds a precious, vital stage.

Mathew Lyons October 27, 2024

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The ecstasies of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, a founder-member of the Penwith Society of Arts, the artists’ colony led by Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson at St Ives, deserves to be recognised as the..

Oliver Soden October 25, 2024