FROM THE MAGAZINE

August 2020

‘It’s hard to oppose, let alone revile, a man who often seems to have no idea what he is saying. Biden elicits a combination of sympathy and apathy, yet he keeps surging ahead in the polls.’

Art

Human after all

Singer, patriot and pioneer of social distancing, Morrissey is once again a star

By John Waters

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Art

Guerra goes to war

After the waiting, the barbarians arrive

By Will Lloyd

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Books

The spy’s spy

From CIA officer to thriller-writer: the shadowy world of J.R. Seeger

By Toby Harnden

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Books

Last of the red-hot lovers

Great Demon Kings: A Memoir of Poetry, Sex, Art, Death, and Enlightenment by John Giorno reviewed

By Michael Millner

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Books

Mountain heir

To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace by Kapka Kassabova reviewed

By Hugh Thomson

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Art

Meet the Mozarts

The family that plays together…

By Richard Bratby

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Books

Cormac McCarthy, brutal but brilliant

The harshness and hope of an American master

By Chilton Williamson, Jr.

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Art

Purple podcasters

The sensible center drives the woke to the edge of reason

By Robert Jackman

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Art

Statues and limitations

How we can reckon with the past without destroying it

By Cleo Roberts

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Art

Perry Mason jars

A brutal backstory for HBO’s decadent detective

By James Delingpole

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