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BOHEMIANS A BLOOMSBURY INGÉNUE The lives ...

The Americans are even more prone than the British to the biographical doorstopper as a way in which to honour the lives, minute by minute, of their famous dead. Walter Isaacson and Jon Meacham are am

Heirs and Graces: A History of the Modern ...

There are many reasons that an artist’s ambitions can be thwarted, including the decision to become a teacher. Later this month, an exhibition will shine a light on talent obscured by a career in the classroom

A freewheeling Cavafy for modern times

I t takes all sorts. Some readers, for ...