FROM THE MAGAZINE

November 2021

Book Review

All Greek to us

The Greeks by Roderick Beaton and The Greek Revolution by Mark Mazower reviewed

By John Psaropoulos

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Book Review

The elusive adventures of Catherine Dior

Miss Dior: A Study of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie reviewed

By Anne de Courcy

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Book Review

The great gig in the sky

Leaving the Building: The Lucrative Afterlife of Music Estates by Eamonn Forde reviewed

By Max Décharné

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Book Review

Why should art have ever been considered a male preserve?

The Mirror and the Palette by Jennifer Higgie and Women in the Picture by Catherine McCormack reviewed

By Laura Freeman

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Books

Why we should venerate Evelyn Waugh

Waugh was unquestionably among the greatest novelists of the 20th century

By Chilton Williamson, Jr.

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Books

Turning the page on James Bond

James Bond was first a literary hero

By Alexander Larman

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Art

The art world is cashing in on anti-capitalism

Anti-capitalist artists like Barbara Kruger and Santiago Sierra are very skilled at making money from the capitalist machine

By Stuart Jeffries

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Music

Vital Morgan

Lee Morgan was searching for a new musical path forward, following but not retreading the bebop era

By Jacob Heilbrunn

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Podcasts

Delivery woes

The exorbitant transaction fees Grubhub and DoorDash and Uber Eats charge mean restaurants often lose money

By Jessa Crispin

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Film

Eternal Eastwood

Cry Macho reviewed

By Alex Perez

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Film

The spy’s the limit

No Time to Die reviewed

By Will Lloyd

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