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Issue 48.17 is now online, featuring:
Andrew O’Hagan on Anita Brookner
Adam Mars-Jones on Marlon James
Richard Lloyd Parry on North Korea
Susan Pedersen on Oxbridge dons
Thomas Meaney on the West
Ferdinand Mount on immigration
and Kasia Boddy on Laurie Colwin.
Read online now at www.lrb.co.uk
Andrew O’Hagan on Anita Brookner
Adam Mars-Jones on Marlon James
Richard Lloyd Parry on North Korea
Susan Pedersen on Oxbridge dons
Thomas Meaney on the West
Ferdinand Mount on immigration
and Kasia Boddy on Laurie Colwin.
Read online now at www.lrb.co.uk
‘Saxony-Anhalt’s residents are now Germany’s oldest and poorest, but they are, according to Ulrich Siegmund, to take the first step towards renewing the nation and restoring the power of its people (ethnically defined).’
Ruairí Casey on the AfD:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Ruairí Casey on the AfD:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Ruairí Casey | The Resistible Rise of the AfD
A desperate flurry of possible solutions, from the stopgap to the structural, has whirled across the German political...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
‘Saxony-Anhalt’s residents are now Germany’s oldest and poorest, but they are, according to Ulrich Siegmund, to take the first step towards renewing the nation and restoring the power of its people (ethnically defined).’
Ruairí Casey on the AfD:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Ruairí Casey on the AfD:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
‘“What people eat and how they serve it” fascinated Colwin, and not only because (as she once noted) she’d learned about the cultural significance of “daily things” in Anthropology 101.’
Kasia Boddy on the novels of Laurie Colwin:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Kasia Boddy on the novels of Laurie Colwin:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Kasia Boddy · Where to Put Your Husband: Laurie Colwin’s Concerns
‘What people eat and how they serve it’ fascinated Colwin, and not only because (as she once noted) she’d learned...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM
‘“What people eat and how they serve it” fascinated Colwin, and not only because (as she once noted) she’d learned about the cultural significance of “daily things” in Anthropology 101.’
Kasia Boddy on the novels of Laurie Colwin:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Kasia Boddy on the novels of Laurie Colwin:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
‘Over the course of 24 novels and 87 years, Anita Brookner achieved many dislocations of selfhood, and may have become more and more like the people she dreamed into life.’
Andrew O’Hagan Hermione Lee’s new biography of Brookner:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Andrew O’Hagan Hermione Lee’s new biography of Brookner:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Andrew O’Hagan · Omelettes and Whisky: Anita Brookner’s Edge
Over the course of 24 novels and 87 years, Anita Brookner achieved many dislocations of selfhood and may have become...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM
‘Over the course of 24 novels and 87 years, Anita Brookner achieved many dislocations of selfhood, and may have become more and more like the people she dreamed into life.’
Andrew O’Hagan Hermione Lee’s new biography of Brookner:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Andrew O’Hagan Hermione Lee’s new biography of Brookner:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
‘On a pilgrimage to Ferney, Voltaire’s retreat outside Geneva, James Boswell reported that he still spoke English in the argot of Covent Garden in its rakish heyday: “He swore bloodily, as was the fashion when he was in England.”’
Thomas Keymer on Voltaire in London:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Keymer on Voltaire in London:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Keymer · Mangeons du jésuite: Voltaire in England
‘Almost everything is imitation,’ Voltaire wrote in one of the French editions of Lettres philosophiques. Books were...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
‘On a pilgrimage to Ferney, Voltaire’s retreat outside Geneva, James Boswell reported that he still spoke English in the argot of Covent Garden in its rakish heyday: “He swore bloodily, as was the fashion when he was in England.”’
Thomas Keymer on Voltaire in London:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Keymer on Voltaire in London:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
‘Lisette Model is best known as a street photographer. She counted Diane Arbus, Peter Hujar and Larry Fink among her followers. But the publication of 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘢𝘻𝘻 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴is likely to prompt a reappraisal of Model’s legacy.’
@adamshatz.bsky.social :
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@adamshatz.bsky.social :
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · On Lisette Model
‘I was absolutely overwhelmed by jazz because I knew that was America,’ Model wrote. ‘And that was something I...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
‘Lisette Model is best known as a street photographer. She counted Diane Arbus, Peter Hujar and Larry Fink among her followers. But the publication of 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘢𝘻𝘻 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴is likely to prompt a reappraisal of Model’s legacy.’
@adamshatz.bsky.social :
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@adamshatz.bsky.social :
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Lydia Davis will the give the second annual 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 Autumn Lecture, titled ’Dying, or Doing Something Else: Reflections on Marcus Aurelius and Other Stoics’, on 28 October at the New School, New York City.
Details and tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
Details and tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
Book tickets – The 2026 LRB Autumn Lecture in NYC: Lydia Davis on Marcus Aurelius – The Tishman Auditorium at the New School
The 2026 LRB Autumn Lecture in NYC: Lydia Davis on Marcus Aurelius – The Tishman Auditorium at the New School, Wed 28 Oct 2026 - Dying, or Doing Something Else: Reflections on Marcus Aurelius and Othe...
www.tickettailor.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Lydia Davis will the give the second annual 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 Autumn Lecture, titled ’Dying, or Doing Something Else: Reflections on Marcus Aurelius and Other Stoics’, on 28 October at the New School, New York City.
Details and tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
Details and tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
‘We don’t often hear about the massacre of the Flemings in Cheapside on 14 June 1381, though it was at the heart of the Peasants’ Revolt and an episode of frenzied violence.’
Ferdinand Mount on England’s early race riots:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ferdinand Mount on England’s early race riots:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ferdinand Mount · Modest and Misunderstood: Wretched Strangers
In the great immigration panics of today, sympathy is focused on the home team. We are the ones who are being hurt. It...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
‘We don’t often hear about the massacre of the Flemings in Cheapside on 14 June 1381, though it was at the heart of the Peasants’ Revolt and an episode of frenzied violence.’
Ferdinand Mount on England’s early race riots:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ferdinand Mount on England’s early race riots:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
‘According to some estimates, hyperscale AI data centres can get through twenty million litres of water a day – as much as fifty thousand people would consume for their domestic needs.’
Martin Thom on datacentres, new on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Martin Thom on datacentres, new on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Martin Thom | Human Melting
Planning regulations were modified last year, with AI data centres redefined as ‘nationally significant infrastructure...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
‘According to some estimates, hyperscale AI data centres can get through twenty million litres of water a day – as much as fifty thousand people would consume for their domestic needs.’
Martin Thom on datacentres, new on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Martin Thom on datacentres, new on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
‘Hoopoe is the thing
With feathers, and a crest,
Or else a thing with feathers,
Striped wings, and tawny breast.’
From ‘Four Ways of Looking at a Hoopoe’, a poem by @aestallings.bsky.social
Read here:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
With feathers, and a crest,
Or else a thing with feathers,
Striped wings, and tawny breast.’
From ‘Four Ways of Looking at a Hoopoe’, a poem by @aestallings.bsky.social
Read here:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
A.E. Stallings · Poem: ‘Four Ways of Looking at a Hoopoe’
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
‘Hoopoe is the thing
With feathers, and a crest,
Or else a thing with feathers,
Striped wings, and tawny breast.’
From ‘Four Ways of Looking at a Hoopoe’, a poem by @aestallings.bsky.social
Read here:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
With feathers, and a crest,
Or else a thing with feathers,
Striped wings, and tawny breast.’
From ‘Four Ways of Looking at a Hoopoe’, a poem by @aestallings.bsky.social
Read here:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
‘The AfD’s winning campaign in Saxony-Anhalt put the issue of “remigration”, adopted directly from the fascist Identitarian movement, front and centre. It now stands to enter government not as a junior coalition partner but as a senior one.’
Ruairí Casey on the AfD:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Ruairí Casey on the AfD:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Ruairí Casey | The Resistible Rise of the AfD
A desperate flurry of possible solutions, from the stopgap to the structural, has whirled across the German political...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM
‘The AfD’s winning campaign in Saxony-Anhalt put the issue of “remigration”, adopted directly from the fascist Identitarian movement, front and centre. It now stands to enter government not as a junior coalition partner but as a senior one.’
Ruairí Casey on the AfD:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Ruairí Casey on the AfD:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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"When the going is good, the West is a limitless formation; when the going gets rough, the West cuts its losses, retreats into itself and publishes books about why it is the best."
TM on the 'West' in the new @lrb.co.uk
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
TM on the 'West' in the new @lrb.co.uk
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Meaney · Ranks of Humanity: West of where?
The West can play at being universal, seeing itself as the only ‘civilisation’ and basing itself on metrics of...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 1:25 PM
"When the going is good, the West is a limitless formation; when the going gets rough, the West cuts its losses, retreats into itself and publishes books about why it is the best."
TM on the 'West' in the new @lrb.co.uk
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
TM on the 'West' in the new @lrb.co.uk
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
‘Assemblies met and voted, and some inscriptions even give the number of citizen voters, but were they voting on anything of substance?’
Rosalind Thomas on ancient city-states:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rosalind Thomas on ancient city-states:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rosalind Thomas · After Chaironeia
Classical Athens was a polis, but so was a tiny Arcadian town such as Orchomenos. In the second century AD, the obscure...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
‘Assemblies met and voted, and some inscriptions even give the number of citizen voters, but were they voting on anything of substance?’
Rosalind Thomas on ancient city-states:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rosalind Thomas on ancient city-states:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
‘I asked my students if they thought that after September 11, the situation, the circumstances of what happened, the events, would have morphed quickly – too quickly – into the story of that day, or the meaning we make of it.’
Niela Orr on 9/11, new on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Niela Orr on 9/11, new on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Niela Orr | Active Dying
In July 2021 my Uncle Bilal was dying of lymphoma. In the days before his death, our family gathered at his hospital bed...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 12:39 PM
‘I asked my students if they thought that after September 11, the situation, the circumstances of what happened, the events, would have morphed quickly – too quickly – into the story of that day, or the meaning we make of it.’
Niela Orr on 9/11, new on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Niela Orr on 9/11, new on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
‘Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Yale are all in smallish cities with populations under 200,000, so that the gown dominates the town – unlike, say, UCL, the University of Chicago, UCLA, NYU or Columbia.’
Susan Pedersen on elite universities:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susan Pedersen on elite universities:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susan Pedersen · Keep off the grass: Oxbridge Attitudes
Academic life is full of churn. The world changes; younger scholars are seized by new questions and, as they hare down...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM
‘Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Yale are all in smallish cities with populations under 200,000, so that the gown dominates the town – unlike, say, UCL, the University of Chicago, UCLA, NYU or Columbia.’
Susan Pedersen on elite universities:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susan Pedersen on elite universities:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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A good article, but not a fun article, about the rise in adoration for Italy’s most awful leader.
Predappio - the town where Mussolini was born & where his remains lie - is a grotesque neo_Fascist fever dream. I visited during his birthday commemorations & wrote on what its willingness to exploit his memory says about the country, and the rise of its far-right. In the latest @lrb.co.uk
Dani Garavelli · Diary: Cult of Mussolini
A couple of days before I arrived in Predappio, I read that Hitler’s birthplace in Austria had been compulsorily...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
A good article, but not a fun article, about the rise in adoration for Italy’s most awful leader.
‘In substituting themselves for a jury and deciding that the fresh evidence would make no difference to the outcome, appellate judges continue to uphold wrongful convictions.’
Matt Foot on problems with the Court of Appeal:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Matt Foot on problems with the Court of Appeal:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Matt Foot · Short Cuts: Rejected Appeals
The judges might argue that the Court of Appeal is a court of review, whose job is simply to assess whether a conviction...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 11:20 AM
‘In substituting themselves for a jury and deciding that the fresh evidence would make no difference to the outcome, appellate judges continue to uphold wrongful convictions.’
Matt Foot on problems with the Court of Appeal:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Matt Foot on problems with the Court of Appeal:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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LRB writing a 7000 word book review of 2 books on fairies, hell yes, something to chew on tonight. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Nick Richardson · Cradle Scissors: Away with the Fairies
Fairies are notorious shapeshifters. Their mutability has allowed them to survive, dodging censure by reinventing...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM
LRB writing a 7000 word book review of 2 books on fairies, hell yes, something to chew on tonight. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
‘Few terms in international politics appear so infirm, so doddering, yet so indomitable as “the West”.’
Thomas Meaney on who made the West:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Meaney on who made the West:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Meaney · Ranks of Humanity: West of where?
The West can play at being universal, seeing itself as the only ‘civilisation’ and basing itself on metrics of...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 10:11 AM
‘Few terms in international politics appear so infirm, so doddering, yet so indomitable as “the West”.’
Thomas Meaney on who made the West:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Meaney on who made the West:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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"He compared the summit to a first encounter with a woman: ‘In one second, you know whether or not it’s all going to happen.’ Trump never did get his legover with Kim, but the spectacle of his efforts was riveting."
Me in the @lrb.co.uk on America & the Kims.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Me in the @lrb.co.uk on America & the Kims.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Richard Lloyd Parry · Keeping up with the Kims
For the Kims, nuclear weapons have never been an end in themselves; they are an insurance policy against attack by their...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 1:34 AM
"He compared the summit to a first encounter with a woman: ‘In one second, you know whether or not it’s all going to happen.’ Trump never did get his legover with Kim, but the spectacle of his efforts was riveting."
Me in the @lrb.co.uk on America & the Kims.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Me in the @lrb.co.uk on America & the Kims.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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"In front of the sarcophagus, Valentino gave a Roman salute, made the sign of the cross and wrote ‘Ti voglio bene’ (‘I love you’) in the visitors’ book." I visited Predappio on Mussolini's birthday & wrote about it, and the rise of Italy's far right, for the @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Dani Garavelli · Diary: Cult of Mussolini
A couple of days before I arrived in Predappio, I read that Hitler’s birthplace in Austria had been compulsorily...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 7:55 AM
"In front of the sarcophagus, Valentino gave a Roman salute, made the sign of the cross and wrote ‘Ti voglio bene’ (‘I love you’) in the visitors’ book." I visited Predappio on Mussolini's birthday & wrote about it, and the rise of Italy's far right, for the @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
‘It's a very personal book for me and one I deeply love.’
James Wood discusses 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 on the latest episode of his Close Readings podcast,
Who’s afraid of realism?
Listen here:
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James Wood discusses 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 on the latest episode of his Close Readings podcast,
Who’s afraid of realism?
Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
Who’s afraid of realism?: ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ by Muriel Spark
Podcast Episode · Close Readings · 15 September · 1hr 19min
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September 17, 2026 at 7:25 AM
‘It's a very personal book for me and one I deeply love.’
James Wood discusses 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 on the latest episode of his Close Readings podcast,
Who’s afraid of realism?
Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
James Wood discusses 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 on the latest episode of his Close Readings podcast,
Who’s afraid of realism?
Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 was the “sketch of one afternoon”, Whistler told the organisers of a Chicago exhibition in 1893, “the first statement or the beginning of a painting – I am not 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 it mind – of course it is a damn fine thing.”’
Harry George Daniels on Whistler:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Harry George Daniels on Whistler:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Harry George Daniels · At Tate Britain: Whistler’s Contradictions
Whistler has not had a major retrospective in Europe in the last thirty years. The Tate show should have been an...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 was the “sketch of one afternoon”, Whistler told the organisers of a Chicago exhibition in 1893, “the first statement or the beginning of a painting – I am not 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 it mind – of course it is a damn fine thing.”’
Harry George Daniels on Whistler:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Harry George Daniels on Whistler:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
‘The wreckage of the towers and the neighbouring buildings was vast; the specks of red we could see here and there were crushed fire engines.’
Inigo Thomas on the aftermath of 9/11, from the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Inigo Thomas on the aftermath of 9/11, from the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Inigo Thomas | 9/15
On Saturday, 15 September 2001, a friend and I went to help the members of an Anglia TV documentary team collect their...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
‘The wreckage of the towers and the neighbouring buildings was vast; the specks of red we could see here and there were crushed fire engines.’
Inigo Thomas on the aftermath of 9/11, from the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
Inigo Thomas on the aftermath of 9/11, from the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
‘When Voltaire arrived in London in May 1726 (“without a penny, sick to death of a violent ague, a stranger, alone, helpless”, he told a correspondent in his newly mastered English), he was fresh from a spectacular feud.’
Thomas Keymer on Voltaire in London:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Keymer on Voltaire in London:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Keymer · Mangeons du jésuite: Voltaire in England
‘Almost everything is imitation,’ Voltaire wrote in one of the French editions of Lettres philosophiques. Books were...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM
‘When Voltaire arrived in London in May 1726 (“without a penny, sick to death of a violent ague, a stranger, alone, helpless”, he told a correspondent in his newly mastered English), he was fresh from a spectacular feud.’
Thomas Keymer on Voltaire in London:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Keymer on Voltaire in London:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
‘To look at her photographs of Horace Silver or Bud Powell at the piano is to be struck by her emphasis on musical performance as a form of work – or, as Thelonious Monk put it more emphatically in an album title, “Work!”’
@adamshatz.bsky.social on Lisette Model:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@adamshatz.bsky.social on Lisette Model:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · On Lisette Model
‘I was absolutely overwhelmed by jazz because I knew that was America,’ Model wrote. ‘And that was something I...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
‘To look at her photographs of Horace Silver or Bud Powell at the piano is to be struck by her emphasis on musical performance as a form of work – or, as Thelonious Monk put it more emphatically in an album title, “Work!”’
@adamshatz.bsky.social on Lisette Model:
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@adamshatz.bsky.social on Lisette Model:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...