June 2021

No matter his personal woes, Evans almost always vouchsafed his listeners something not merely to dig but to cherish

Undreamed Shores: The Hidden Heroines of British Anthropology by Frances Larson reviewed

The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu by Jo Willett reviewed

Was Flannery O’Connor a racist, or was she not?

Bad politics often make good art. That’s especially true when the art is tasked with making sense of political senselessness

Larry McMurtry (1936-2021)

Englishness: The Political Force Transforming Britain by Ailsa Henderson and Richard Wyn Jones reviewed

Hawkwind played notes from underground, but they had a global influence

The Double Life of Bob Dylan: A Restless, Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966 by Clinton Heylin reviewed