Roger Kimball
Roger Kimball is Editor and Publisher of the New Criterion and President and Publisher of Encounter Books. He tweets at @rogerkimball
Searching for a radical alternative
Two new titles join a burgeoning chorus of populist lament
Quaffing the cup that cheers
Readers should savour this book, as you might one of the delectable bottles that compose the enticing strophe of the book’s narrative
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
Gregory Snaith: Little Magazine Editor
Only Gregory seemed prepared to upset the applecart
Bedazzling
Nigel Farage takes centre stage and everyone else is sidelined
The war of words over Estonia’s Soviet monuments
Despite three decades of independence, Estonia’s Soviet past is still a cause of division
The Conservatives have been too soggy, not too harsh
Their voters expected them to cut taxes and immigration — they did the opposite
A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
Itchen for fishing
Good fishing, books and beer remind us that not everything is awful
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
AI and the great data robbery
Silicon Valley has stolen huge amounts of original material in order to “train” its GPT models