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How French high culture was bound to the yellow press
The gargantuan, bewildering Louvre
The power and glory of Parisian art
Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the
Edward Brooke-Hitching Simon & Schuster 978-1-398-53240-3 256pp (hb) £30 This is a fascinating compendium of classical curiosities, thoroughly researched and charmingly written by Edward Brooke-Hitchi
Late stories of a self-styled ‘arguer with the world’
Bernard Mandeville’s defence of private vices with public benefits