Reviews Archive

The Ringtheater fire in Vienna on December 8, 1881.

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The creative industrial complex

At a time when society is divided and all aspects of life are deeply politicised, art should be the final refuge of neutrality.

Alexandra Wilson April 4, 2024

The modernist building in Chandigarh India, a city built by French architect Le Corbusier.

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The sublime hubris of Tropical Modernism

Tropical Modernism symbolised the ill-judged policies of rapid, state-led economic development that followed decolonisation.

Wessie du Toit April 4, 2024

Shipping Containers at the Los Angeles Harbor.

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How China made it

The story of how the United States and China became so economically intertwined that they cannot break apart is at the heart of one of the most pressing issues in international pol..

Michael Sheridan April 3, 2024

Shot from the recording sessions for the album Kind of Blue.

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Kind of Blue’s quiet mystery

James Kaplan's new study of jazz is a tribute to serendipity; that the right people find each other at the right time and create something too special for words.

Max Mitchell March 27, 2024

Iraqi protestors set a fire at the base of a statue of Saddam Hussein, April 2003.

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How America misread Saddam

For decades, Saddam Hussein had confused and misled the United States. After 9/11, the fear of further terror attacks and the misperception of Iraq's support for al-Qaeda set in mo..

Philip Zelikow March 27, 2024

On set at English National Opera's Jenufa.

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Janáček’s small-town world

The Czech composer's opera Jenůfa sums up the claustrophobic horrors of village life.

Benjamin Poore March 25, 2024

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Raymond Aron’s search for liberal foundations

Postwar French liberals exercised disproportionate influence upon public debates, and none more so than the philosopher, historian, and journalist Raymond Aron.

Samuel Gregg March 22, 2024