In an age governed by the ephemeral churn of digital algorithms, the physical magazine has not died in London; rather, it has undergone a brutal,…
By Maria Bregman There is a version of Latin America that exists primarily for export. It is a continent of the senses, a place of…
By Sara Bright Anastasiia Ledovskaia, an artist who records as Lemy, has secured this July’s Creativity’s Prize for Performing Arts with her track, “Boy.” The…
By Maria Bregman André Maurois wrote biographies, but he was less a historian of facts and more a sculptor of character. In the lives of…
By Maria Bregman There is a certain kind of French novel that functions as a high-end emotional spa for the international reader. In its pages,…
By Tessa Nolan The artist Amy Sherald has pulled her entire exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The move was abrupt. It followed a…
By Maria Bregman Every year, the Booker Prize longlist offers a map of where the English-language novel is right now and, perhaps, where it’s headed.…
By Sara Bright Trying to pick shows at the Edinburgh Fringe is its own special kind of madness. With thousands of options, the program itself…
By Maria Bregman There is a particular kind of British comedy, a strain of satire perfected in smoky panel shows and righteous stand-up specials, that…
By Maria Bregman Every generation is given Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons as a kind of literary consolation prize. It is presented as a masterpiece of balance, a…