November 2020

‘The events of this year, agonizing though they have been, have only confirmed the role of the US as the leader among nations.’


Art November 1, 2020

Culture and anarchy

Félix Fénéon, terrorist and connoisseur

Andrew L. Shea

Books November 1, 2020

The author in full: Tom Wolfe

Wolfe excelled at capturing human foibles and petty vanities; anything deeper than that escaped him

Chilton Williamson, Jr.

Books November 1, 2020

Roman bloodbaths

The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar by Peter Stothard reviewed

Philip Womack

Art November 1, 2020

The Disneyfication of the moral universe

Adults have chosen to understand the world through the prism of superheroes, wizards and Jedi knights

Augustine Bland

Architecture November 1, 2020

The sorry history of London’s Hoover Building

Several other Thirties buildings from American firms survive in west London

Revd Steve Morris

Art November 1, 2020

Back to my Toots

Farewell to the father of reggae

Luke Haines

Art November 1, 2020

Booker prized

Notes on a New Orleans professor

Dominic Green

Books November 1, 2020

Days of glory

Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin reviewed

Ian Thomson

Art November 1, 2020

Sensei it again

The return of the Karate Kid

James Delingpole

Books November 1, 2020

Their Majesties the Presidents

Gimson’s Presidents: Brief Lives from Washington to Trump by Andrew Gimson reviewed

Harry Mount