Issue: January/February 2021

A BDSM book by a group keen to challenge gender norms is oddly conventional

An old press cutting provided the key to a defiant tale of life after Auschwitz

Highsmith was a great writer, with a moral vision bracing enough to clarify the terrors of the twentieth century

Christopher North says bullfighting thrives in a culture where death is discussed, not hidden

Davey’s selection has given us a deeper understanding of the value and practice of drawing

An appraisal of the President’s foreign policy would find he was consistent, traditional, multilateral – and highly successful

At times Portrait of a Muse feels like a Julian Fellowes soap opera where we see this woman of extraordinary vivacity making great men go weak at the knees

Choose ambience over aphrodisiacs for Valentine’s Day says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

The money being poured into US elections is soaring – but it’s often wasted

A good field guide, but it won’t make you fall in love with the gull next door