Letter from London June 2023
New king, old country
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On the coronation of King Charles III.
On the coronation of King Charles III.
On the prime minister at the outbreak of war.
On the midterms and the media’s treatment of Liz Truss.
On Paddy Leigh Fermor and Jan Morris.
On “British Baroque: Power and Illusion” at Tate Britain, London.
On liberty, a child prodigy, nouveau-riche nobility & more from the world of culture.
On Roger Scruton’s removal from Britain’s Building Better, Building Beautiful commission.
A review of The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age, by Leo Damrosch.