Notebook April 2024
Criminality & celebrity
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On the depredations of Louis Althusser.
On the depredations of Louis Althusser.
On The Britannias, the Russian Civil War, Maecenas, Joan Thorne & more from the world of culture.
On Van Gogh’s potatoes, the American Founding & Yuval Noah Harari.
On The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes: The Inspiration Behind the World’s Greatest Detective by Andrew Lycett.
On Mondrian’s Dress by Nancy J. Troy & Ann Marguerite Tartsinis.
On Antonin Scalia, Pox Romana, “Klimt Landscapes,” Mark Padmore & Mitsuko Uchida, Jan Lisiecki, New Orleans & more from the world of culture.
On Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer.
On China’s Rust Belt, John Witherspoon & King Herod.
On the compartmentalization of evil & The Zone of Interest.
On Italian cooking, “Americans in Paris,” Hollis Taggart, Bruckner, Mahler, the pursuit of happiness & more from the world of culture.