Issue: November 2021

Magritte’s work is no more socially potent than dog-mess on a doorstep

Gatsby aside, F. Scott Fitzgerald — the Jazz-Age chronicler — is dispensable

Is the Navy really open to all?

Thomas Woodham-Smith discovers the joys of gardenalia

While belly-laughs are not frequent, there’s terrific fun to be had in this massive soap-opera-style family melodrama

Pitchfork was one of a whole ecosystem of taste-making blogs which laid claim to being the ones who had made del Rey

The professionals “guilty” of failing to accept the medicalisation of vulnerable children

France should look across the Channel before electing a journalist as president

Patrick Galbraith salutes the perfection of “imperfect” dogs

The new owner of Antoinette’s jewellery will not just get exquisite gems but a provenance that is equally perfect and poignant