Books
Penny for your thoughts
Laurie Penny writes a book about how to deliver change while actual feminists are getting their hands dirty
For the fellas
In What Do Men Want?, Nina Power crafts a peace treaty between the sexes
Murders for January
While away the winter with would-be classics
The fit and famous
To strive, to struggle, to sweat, is to be human
In my ears and in my eyes
The Lyrics: the autobiography Paul McCartney never wrote
Thinking on inking
An intellectual tries — and fails — to find deep philosophical justifications for the modern wave of tattooing
Modern poetry: I too, dislike it
T. S. Eliot would despair at this year’s shortlist for the prize in his name
When London really was built back better
This is an eloquent book that describes the architecture, culture, topography, and social life of a vibrant city
The dying days of Nazi Germany
A growing body of literature deals with the horrors of WWII from a German point of view
To critique the critic
Harold Rosenberg’s mixed legacy counterbalanced both Communism and formalism