FROM THE MAGAZINE

June 2023

Books

The dauntless spirit of Richard Halliburton

The writer’s forgotten imagination and commitment to exploration merit revival

By Jenna Stocker

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Book Review

The king and queen who saved the British monarchy

A well-researched new biography of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

By Christopher Sandford

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Book Review

How refugees saved a town in upstate New York

But will the restoration of Utica survive?

By Fred Skulthorp

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Book Review

Inside the world of multilevel marketing

Pyramid schemes work because we all have points of vulnerability

By Katrina Gulliver

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Book Review

Tom Hanks should stick to acting

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece is as clumsy as its plodding title

By Philip Womack

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Books

Where will the vogue for censoring our best-loved authors lead?

It seems that the ‘revised’ titles are likely to become the norm

By Alexander Larman

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Theater

Bringing back Stephen Sondheim and enduring a new Andrew Lloyd Webber

Bad Cinderella is a pumpkin, while Parade becomes an exercise in emotional torture porn

By Robert S. Erickson

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Music

How Madonna turned pop culture Catholic

On the fortieth anniversary of her debut album, Madonna remains a good Catholic girl at heart

By Mitchell Jackson

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Exhibitions

What makes Berthe Morisot’s nudes so unique?

She provides a new lens to look at Impressionism

By Francesca Peacock

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Art

What museums can learn from contemporary technology

The National Gallery of Art has quietly but steadily undergone a major culture shift

By William Newton

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