Issue: June 2022

The sexual liberation and unrequited search of Nancy Cunard emblematises 1920s Paris

Shelley Puhak’s woman-versus-woman rivalry between queens is only part of the story

British policy in the Ottoman Empire was not driven by Orientalism, but self-interest and self-deception

Norman Scott gets the last word against the man who raped and plotted to murder him

Cecilia Alemani has produced an exceptionally intelligent and delightful Biennale

Dame Ethel Smyth’s opera dated quickly, but it hardly hurts to have another look at it

The trickle of sporting knighthoods has now become a flood — who will be next?

The universal realities of life, love and death are at the core of the strength of the monarchy

The American classic is fine street-party fare

The most enduring historical work reveals eternal truths about the human condition