Wednesday Links
The “George Circle,” Beckett’s Proust, on reading “Brothers Karamazov” for the first time, and more.
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In Praise of Leszek Kołakowski
Also: A new life of Hannah Arendt, the work of Margaret Kennedy, King Tut’s trumpets, and more.
Wednesday Links
A returned Picasso, the Bayeux Tapestry in England, a defense of stereotyping, a new history of the British novel, and more.
“One Day You’ll Scale Mount Everest.”
Medieval revivalism in art, the rise of the editor, Irish music in Belfast, a history of the Nobel family, and more.
Wednesday Links
The death of mortuary cosmetology, the last days of the Aqueduct Racetrack, Mario Vargas Llosa’s selfish life, and more.
“Emily Wilson Is Being a Bit of a Jerk”
Also: Auden’s messy life, Roman efficiency, death at sea, and more.
Wednesday Links
On fixing stone walls, being 5-foot-7, the interconnectedness of the ancient world, winning (and losing) an AI lawsuit, and more.
Recovering Stolen Antiquities
Also: “Briggflatts” at 60, the Victorian Hieronymus Bosch, reading the whole “Count of Monte Cristo,” snuff and stuff, and more.
The Critics on “The Odyssey”
Also: The first Ghetto, a life of Muriel Spark, a Medici family mystery solved, and more.
The End of Reading?
Also: Michelangelo’s forgotten masterpiece, Haydn’s forgotten symphony, William F. Buckley Jr.’s childhood home, a history of “weird,” and more.