August 2025


Books July 14, 2025

The enduring brilliance of C.S. Lewis

More than 60 years after his death, the Oxford literature professor and writer is everywhere

Alexander Larman

Book Review July 14, 2025

A walk through Geoff Dyer’s childhood

Homework is openly billed as an antidote to memoirs full of derring-do but it does exactly what the essayist’s fans will want

A.S.H. Smyth

Architecture July 14, 2025

The French sculptors building the new Statue of Liberty

‘We are called crazy, but our aim is simple: to let people dream as we have chosen to dream’

George Young

Film July 14, 2025

The enduring appeal of Jaws, 50 years on

It’s easy to forget that there was nothing inevitable about the film’s long-lasting success

Christopher Sandford

Art July 14, 2025

‘Being a mom sometimes sucks’: an interview with Sarah Hoover

The art historian’s memoir is no feminist treatise

Zoe Strimpel

Exhibitions July 14, 2025

How museums can promote diversity without demonizing tradition

We need art that keeps our collective imagination and sense of tradition alive

Stephen G. Adubato