London Review of Books
Life gets worse for verse
Poetry has been put through the academic wringer and obfuscated by jargon
Who let the dons out?
Leave literary reviews to reviewers rather than score-settling academics
Time flies, relatively speaking
The older you are, the quicker you count out a minute
Excl: Former President of Bolivia says he has been “persecuted” by a US-backed “coup”
In a rare interview, Kapil Komireddi and Evo Morales discuss the US election, Elon Musk, and solidarity with Jeremy Corbyn
Are socially distanced festivals the future of entertainment?
Appledore book festival has paved the way for Covid-friendly entertainment in the UK
Maggi Hambling’s sculpture is simply bad art
Perhaps if it were a simply better artwork, then Hambling’s statue would have been more warmly received
Wheeling and spieling
Thomas Woodham-Smith breaks the antique shop silence
Tigran Mansurian: Con anima (ECM New Series)
You may find that Con anima is one of the best ways of spending the next 15 minutes of your life
Conflict in the Caucasus
How much worse will the historic conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh get?
Getting a television changed my life
Living without a TV had several notable side-effects: we’d read more, and sometimes, even have conversations
American Xanadu: an appreciative history of Mar-a-Lago
Les Standiford’s book situates Mar-a-Lago’s surreal qualities in the larger history of Palm Beach
Flirting with the abyss
A benign trip to hospital offered a stark reminder that consciousness hangs by a deathly thread