January 2024


Book Review December 21, 2023

Wolves of Winter focuses on the brutality of the past

Dan Jones confidently evokes the whorehouses, the illnesses, the death and depravity

Philip Womack

Dance December 21, 2023

Will ‘accessibility’ ruin ballet?

In the most exquisitely beautiful —and painful — art form, elitism is the show

Laura Thompson

Theater December 21, 2023

The legacy of Mean Girls and the decline of pop culture

The beloved cult teen film has spawned a new musical to celebrate its twentieth anniversary

Mitchell Jackson

Music December 21, 2023

Jerry Miller’s tale

Moby Grape could have been a contender but never quite were

Christopher Sandford

Exhibitions December 21, 2023

The bold new vision for Edinburgh’s National Galleries of Scotland

The galleries are not only an aesthetic pleasure to visit but a fine and salutary reminder of the greatness of Scottish art

Alexander Larman

Art December 21, 2023

Radical in the Rotunda

With a presidential election this year, it is time to contemplate the iconic work of John Trumbull afresh

William Newton