Reviews Archive

A sketch of a witch from a 1537 German translation of Boethius.

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The golden age of the supernatural

Magic and religion were once intertwined: what led to the 'disenchantment of the world'?

Katherine Harvey May 22, 2024

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At the crossroads of religion and science

A renewed dialogue between science and religion has the potential to clarify our thinking on the most important of subjects.

Christopher Harding May 15, 2024

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The secret to Byzantium’s success

The Eastern Roman polity largely worked so effectively because rulers and ruled took seriously the idea of the empire as a res publica.

Peter Sarris May 8, 2024

Flowers and a sledgehammer, one of the symbols of the Wagner Group, at a spontaneous memorial in memory of Yevgeny Prigozhin in Saint Petersburg, 2023. Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo

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The true history of the Wagner Group

A new book, published in Russian, delves into the history and operations of the Wagner Group and its role in modern Russia.

Sergey Radchenko May 7, 2024

Jose Coronado in Close Your Eyes, directed by Victor Erice.

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Victor Erice’s lost time

In this latest film, Close Your Eyes, the enigmatic Spanish-Basque filmmaker Victor Erice asks: is it within cinema’s power to bring back the dead?

Muriel Zagha May 1, 2024

Still from Civil War (2024) directed by Alex Garland.

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The horror of Civil War

Alex Garland's latest film Civil War is less about political violence than about the power of the image, and its displacement of the word, as the most powerful motivating factor of..

Alastair Benn April 24, 2024

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) looking at stained glass at the Chapel of the Rosary, Vence.

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Matisse’s second life

Following a miraculous recovery in health, the ageing French painter Henri Matisse spent his last few months reflecting on sacred themes, and produced some of his most original wor..

Mathew Lyons April 23, 2024