Anne Sebba
Anne Sebba’s latest book is Ethel Rosenberg: a Cold War Tragedy (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £20).
The solipsistic siren
The sexual liberation and unrequited search of Nancy Cunard emblematises 1920s Paris
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Murders of 2024
Jeremy Black reviews the best (and worst) murders from the last year
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable