Reviews Archive

An underseas exploration vehicle designed and built by Capt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

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France’s quest for the ocean deep

France owns the world's second-largest maritime area, another chapter in the nation's quixotic relationship with science and nature.

Daniel Marc Janes March 20, 2026

'The Tribuna of the Uffizi' by Joseph Zoffany.

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Choosing culture over victimhood

Marie Daouda’s 'Not Your Victim' explores how individuals can find meaning in the shared inheritance of culture, rather than in simplified narratives of grievance.

Bijan Omrani March 19, 2026

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The art of sleep

The world of sleep has long fascinated poets, writers, and artists, both as a realm of the imagination and a mysterious source of peril.

Muriel Zagha March 19, 2026

One of the last photographs of Adolf Hitler.

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Hitler’s long afterlife

Even in death, the Führer’s fate continued to provoke uncertainty and fascination for decades.

Tim Bouverie March 17, 2026

Giovanni Paolo Panini's 'Roman Ruin With A Prophet' (1751).

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The West is an idea

There has never been a single concept of the West, which helps explain its potency as an idea.

Jeremy Jennings March 12, 2026

Crowds on the streets of Tehran celebrate the departure of the Shah in January 1979.

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How the United States lost Iran

Behind Washington’s failure to predict the Iranian Revolution of 1979 lay a long history of hubris, strategic miscalculations and delusional thinking.

Sergey Radchenko March 9, 2026

Hannah (or Anna) Trapnel Prophetess, member of the Fifth Monarchy

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The god-fearing women of the 17th century

Amid civil war and regicide, a group of women claimed the right to speak directly for God, asserting spiritual authority in a society that denied them a voice.

Katherine Harvey March 4, 2026