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Curtains for Lincoln Center
by James Panero
On the falsification of Lincoln Center’s history.
Narratives of Russian history
by Gary Saul Morson
On Vladimir Putin’s historical claims.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: confronting a calumny
by Charles Scribner III
On distortions of the soprano’s biography.
The malice-dance of John Cowper Powys
by Simon Heffer
On the neglected author’s life & work.
What’s the story?
by Elroy Rosenberg
On the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.
The Critic’s Notebook
by The Editors
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Au revoir Orwell?
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On the attempted cancellation of George Orwell.
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On An Enemy of the People, The Notebook & Water for Elephants.
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by Karen Wilkin
On “Expanded Painting in the 1960s & 1970s,” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania.
Exhibition note
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On “Angelica Kauffman,” at the Royal Academy, London.
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New York chronicle
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On recent performances at David Geffen Hall, Carnegie Hall & the Metropolitan Opera.
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by James Bowman
On fence-sitters & “double haters.”
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Lost worlds
by Andrew Stuttaford
On An Ordinary Youth by Walter Kempowski, Operation Heartbreak by Alfred Duff Cooper, Table for Two by Amor Towles & Ghosted by Mark McCrum.
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Needing no introduction
by Paul Dean
On Henry James: The Prefaces, edited by Oliver Herford.
Trench foot
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On Muse of Fire by Michael Korda.
No haven
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On Troubled by Rob Henderson.
Game on
by Paul Dicken
On The Beauty of Games by Frank Lantz.
A very cold war
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On A Nasty Little War by Anna Reid.
One of us
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On Jersey Breaks by Robert Pinsky.
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The heart of fugue
by Jonathan Gaisman
On fugal writing & Bach’s genius.
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Locked in war
by The Editors
On wars & cultural annihilation.
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