Reviews Archive

Ali Farka Touré playing the Hackney Empire, London 1991.

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Music like you’ve never heard it before

A stylish global history of music by Joe Boyd, the legendary record producer, tests out and redefines the limits of aural experience.

Caroline Eden October 21, 2024

The Tabula Rogeriana, drawn by al-Idrisi for Roger II of Sicily in 1154.

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The intimately connected world of the silk roads

The great trade routes, criss-crossing east to west, continue to fascinate.

Christopher Harding October 14, 2024

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Diplomacy, betrayal and the road to Vietnam

In 1963, two American diplomats navigated the shifting tides of American foreign policy against the backdrop of the rapidly intensifying Vietnam War.

Luke A. Nichter October 8, 2024

A woman cleans the window of a bank next to graffiti of Plato and Aristotle in Greece during the Eurozone Crisis.

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The price of fairness

The concept of a just price has long bridged the worlds of ethics and economics, evolving from Aristotle’s principles of fair exchange to the modern complexities of market-driven p..

Nicholas Morton October 2, 2024

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Archives among the ashes

Enough archival material has survived from the Middle Ages to demonstrate how much has not, much of it because of the tragic destruction of libraries and collections through histor..

George Woudhuysen September 25, 2024

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Power and prudence in American statecraft

American foreign policy hinges on the rare virtue of prudence in its presidents, and their ability to balance national interests with the unforgiving realities of global power.

Brian Smith September 24, 2024

They skyline of the West End of Glasgow.

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Glasgow’s theatre of enchantment and heartbreak

Even after a long hiatus, the unapologetically highbrow musicality of The Bathers transforms Glasgow's sandstone tenements into the perfect backdrop of romance and timeless memorie..

Jonathan Patrick September 20, 2024