Holmes & his commentators
by Theodore Dalrymple
On an annotated edition of Conan Doyle’s “Holmes” novels.
Features
Science versus scientism
by John Silber
On the proven and unproven claims of science and faith.
Rediscovering Siegfried Sassoon
by Brooke Allen
On Max Egremont’s biography of the war poet.
Being blunt about Blunt
by Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz on the nature of the real Anthony Blunt.
Poems
“Calmly, the papers calculate the chance”
by Adam Kirsch
A new poem
by Adam Kirsch
Suddenly
by Louis Simpson
A new poem.
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Buckley at the beginning
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A look back at fifty years of National Review.
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On Broadway
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On a recent production of Dawn Powell’s play Walking Down Broadway.
Art
Antiquities true & false
by Karen Wilkin
On “The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris,” at the Dahesh Museum of Art, New York & the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color” at the Whitney Museum of American Art; “Theme & Variation: Twentieth-Century Master Prints” at Hirschl & Adler Galleries; “Salute to the 130th Anniversary of the Art Students League” at Joan T. Washburn Gallery & “Tim Bavington: Recent Paintings” at Jack Shainman Gallery.
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Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the latest New York musical events.
The media
Manicheanism a la mode
by James Bowman
Reflections on media Manicheanism.
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Fiction chronicle
Too much of nothing
by Max Watman
Max Watman on contemporary fiction.
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Books
A war without heroes
by Barry Strauss
On Victor Davis Hanson’s War Like No Other.
Bloody old England
by Andrew Roberts
On A. N. Wilson’s After the Victorians.
Spacious perspectives
by Michael J. Lewis
On William H. Jordy’s Symbolic Essence.
Hypothesis finxit
by John Derbyshire
On Dan Rockmore’s Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis.
Der Dichter ist tod
by Patrick J. Smith
On Richard Taruskin’s Oxford History of Western Music.
Mary Kinzie’s Bogan
by Anthony Cuda
On Poet’s Prose: Selected Writings of Louise Bogan, edited by Mary Kinzie.
Notebook
Maurice Cowling, 1926-2005
by Kenneth Minogue
On the life and work of a great teacher and TNC contributor.
Notes & Comments
Earth to Stockholm . . .
by The Editors
On the latest Nobel Prize embarrassment.
Freedom and philanthropy
by The Editors
A look back at the Olin Foundation’s contributions to America.
A birthday tribute
by The Editors
National Review turns fifty.