Reviews

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Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope

A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.

Charlotte Stroud November 25, 2025

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A little history of the medieval horse

Horses were essential to the medieval world, shaping everything from warfare to cultural status.

Nicholas Morton November 21, 2025

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Palestine 36’s distorted history

The new historical epic, 'Palestine 36', offers a deeply flawed, disappointingly partial and waywardly remiss representation of British rule in the Holy Land.

Christopher Silvester November 19, 2025

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Anna Ancher’s language of light

In the northernmost corner of Denmark, the painter Anna Ancher made light her lifelong muse.

Alexandra Wilson November 17, 2025

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Tigers between the Great Powers

The fate of the Amur tiger — feared, then hunted and finally protected — is linked to geopolitical change.

Caroline Eden November 13, 2025

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Wittgenstein’s great silence

The philosopher sought freedom from the bewitchment of language.

Bryan Appleyard November 12, 2025

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The craft of John le Carré

He was a writer who created his own world, filled with lamplighters and scalphunters, babysitters and pavement artists.

Malcolm Forbes November 11, 2025

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Modern Islam’s loss of theology

As 'Islam' rose from a personal act of submission to an ideology, it eclipsed the very divinity it sought to serve.

Fitzroy Morrissey November 10, 2025

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Musica universalis

The eye did not always have primacy over the ear. Humanity once valued spiritual hearing over spiritual seeing.

Derek Turner November 6, 2025