Features

Joseph Stalin has been recast in Russia not as a bloodsoaked tyrant, but as a strong, effective leader

Naive proposals to “decolonise” Western classical music risk losing the richness of its history

Robert A. M. Stern’s approach to designing buildings combines exuberance with historicism

Be wary of companies with public sector monkeys and a diversity officer on the board

Conservative America still vibrantly upholds the cause of Western civilisation

She was nasty, crude, racist and often a poor writer — so why is she revered?

Part two of Mahan Esfahani’s deconstruction of the modern association of pianist Glenn Gould with Bach’s Goldberg Variations

Architect John Outram fused high-tech and tradition to create his own unique style

The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners

Down with the gratitude-bloat of authors’ endless lists of acknowledgements