Translating Karl Kraus & The Last Days of Mankind
Austrian satirist Karl Kraus’s famous Die letzten Tage der Menschheit – or in English The Last Days of Mankind – remains powerfully…
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The Anglo-Saxon World: Kings and Early Christianity
Understanding the development of religion in the Anglo-Saxon world is pivotal to understanding the rest of this ancient…
Patrick Modiano’s Paris
Patrick Modiano’s Paris – Article by Mark Polizzotti, translator of Suspended Sentences & After the Circus Patrick Modiano’s…
A Beginner’s Guide to Wine, Part IV
With the holidays upon us and the weather turning colder, November and December offer plenty of opportunity for…
Dirty Coal – The Real Priority for the Paris Conference
The United Nations Conference on Climate Change – an annual meeting of all countries that want to take…
A Beginner’s Guide to Wine, Part III
With the holidays upon us and the weather turning colder, November and December offer plenty of opportunity for…
The Paris Conference on Climate Change – Copenhagen all over again?
‘Climate change is a long-term problem and it needs a long game.’ The United Nations Conference on Climate…
A Beginner’s Guide to Wine, Part II
With the holidays upon us and the weather turning colder, November and December offer plenty of opportunity for…
A Beginner’s Guide to Wine, Part I
With the holidays upon us and the weather turning colder, November and December offer plenty of opportunity for…
In Bed with the Avant-garde: The Peggy Guggenheim Story – David Ebony with Francine Prose
In Bed with the Avant-garde: The Peggy Guggenheim Story Article by David Ebony, with an interview with biographer…
Flight to the Arctic: The Narrow Edge
The rufa red knot sandpiper and the common horseshoe crab, two relatively unassuming creatures, are the focus of a…
The Battle of Trafalgar: A Great Victory?
James Davey, author of the new book In Nelson’s Wake and curator of the National Maritime Museum, reexamines…
Blood, Dreams and Gold: Burma’s Past Catches up with its Future
‘At one time Burma was a thriving and prosperous regional hub; the hope is that it can eventually…
Pevsner Aberdeenshire Explored
David W. Walker is co-author of the two new Pevsner Aberdeenshire volumes in the Buildings of Scotland series, covering…
World Ballet Day 2015
Yale Author Zoe Anderson introduces World Ballet Day 2015 ‘Ballet now crosses boundaries, in technology and in style’…