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November 2022

Book Review

The prodigal daughter

Mussolini’s Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe by Caroline Moorehead reviewed

By Anne Sebba

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Book Review

Nick Cave’s musings on life, death and creativity

Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan reviewed

By Alexander Larman

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Book Review

The bookish life of John Carey

Sunday Best: 80 Great Books from a Lifetime of Reviews by John Carey reviewed

By D.J. Taylor

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Book Review

Oscar Hammerstein’s letters of note

The Letters of Oscar Hammerstein II reviewed

By Christopher Bray

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Book Review

Living one’s best life

It helps to have a soft spot for life-wisdom books

By Anna Gát

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Book Review

A comedian explains how to quit social media

James Acaster has not stopped exploring where he might want to go

By J. Grant Addison

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Exhibitions

Dawn party

The Whitney Museum is digging back to the dawn of American Modernism

By Mario Naves

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Exhibitions

A chronicler of enormities

Leonard Baskin was not to everyone’s taste, and the feeling was mutual

By Franklin Einspruch

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Architecture

The buildings Richard Nickel championed

None were so dear to him as architect Louis Sullivan’s

By William Newton

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Television

The heart of The Rings of Power

Amazon’s Tolkien adaptation does justice to the aesthetics as well as the ethics of his world

By Hannah Long

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Theater

Is this Tom Stoppard’s last act?

If Leopoldstadt does not convince the theatergoing public, then what will?

By Robert S. Erickson

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Film

At eighty, Casablanca embodies Hollywood high style

The movie still resonates with viewers even to this day

By Peter Tonguette

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