John Foster / 24 Nov 2023
Condemned to Barbarism
The Populist Doomloop
It’s not that there’s a spectre haunting Europe. It’s that there are too many.(...)
France
Charlie Bertsch / 19 Oct 2023
Everything’s Exploding
Hiroshima mon amour After Oppenheimer
Hiroshima, mon amour, the 1959 collaboration between director Alain Resnais and Marguerite Duras, explores the limits of feeling with profoundly disturbing results.(...)
Joel Schalit / 13 Oct 2023
The Sukkot War
Required Media
There's nothing like news from home. Particularly when you come from a country where it's always heartbreaking to read.(...)
John Foster / 29 Sep 2023
Political Capitalism and Ideology
The Brenner-Riley Controversy, Part II
Race dominates American politics. From human rights to foreign policy, it permeates everything.(...)
Josh White / 05 Sep 2023
Al-Fayed and The Observer
A Tale of Tabloid Politics
Every day, thousands shop at Harrods. The luxury department store is a magnet for the super-rich and voyeuristic tourists. (...)
Henrietta Foster / 11 Aug 2023
First Martyrs of the French Revolution
Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmelites
My introduction to Dialogues des Carmelites was profoundly significant and personal.(...)
Basilio Korman / 07 Jul 2023
Twilight of a Populist
The End of Silvio Berlusconi
It’s often written that Silvio Berlusconi’s political fortunes lasted almost thirty years, from 1994 to his death in 2023. But this is not true.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 05 Jul 2023
Reliving the Cold War
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny probably won’t make a lasting impression on people not already invested in its titular character.(...)
John Foster / 16 Jun 2023
The Coming Capitalism
The New Feudalism, Part II
The United States of Coke, or illiberal Hungary? It's hard to get excited.(...)