February 2022


Book Review January 24, 2022

Sex and the city

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors reviewed

Philip Womack

Books January 24, 2022

Poor little rich girls

Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson reviewed

Anne Sebba

Exhibitions January 24, 2022

Hogarth framed

Great artists like Hogarth are getting the trigger-warning treatment

Michael Mosbacher

Film January 24, 2022

John Wayne behind the blue line

The Seventies weren’t John Wayne’s decade, and that was fine by him

Nicky Otis Smith

Film January 24, 2022

Serve and volley

King Richard reviewed

Alex Perez

Theater January 24, 2022

Nanny bait

Mrs. Doubtfire reviewed

Robert S. Erickson

Music January 24, 2022

Returning to live gigs

When Covid rampaged through the world like a Viking raid of death-cult realtors, the world was suddenly shorn of live music

Luke Haines

Music January 24, 2022

Get with the program

Both in Pittsburgh and Miami, I was struck by the rousing enthusiasm that the symphony and soloists evoked with their temerarious playing

Jacob Heilbrunn

Podcasts January 24, 2022

Digging it

Tunnel 29 reviewed

Emily Ferguson