On a recent concert of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Dima Slobodeniouk.

The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs” by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.

“Depend upon it, sir,” said Dr. Johnson, “when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” I suppose that in logic his mind ought to continue to concentrate ...

Will there always be an England? Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has put the answer to that question very much in doubt. The prime minister’s strategy seems to be to look around for dystopian novels and ...

Suzanna Murawski on Rousseau, Rothko & American literature.

The works shown in New York City Ballet’s annual Fall Fashion Gala typically, and perhaps unsurprisingly, elevate style (of ...

Paul du Quenoy on a new production of “Simon Boccanegra” at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

James Como on “Herald of a Restless World” by Emily Herring.

Patrick Kurp on Andrew Rickard’s Obolus Press.

David Platzer on two exhibitions of Jean-Baptiste Oudry’s work.

Schiele’s gift, at least as he understood it, was for revealing the spirits of life and making them manifest in oil. “I can ...

Roger Kimball on the life of the journalist Lance Morrow.