A Constitution Nowhere and Everywhere
Despite the absence of a single codified document, there is a long tradition of writing about the United Kingdom’s constitutional history.
October 17, 2024 issue
Happy Island of Psalters and Cucumbers
Thirteen hundred years ago, the monks on the German lake island of Reichenau tended a rich meadow of wall painting, manuscript making, and Latin poetry. An exhibit celebrating the anniversary chronicles the monastery’s history and art.
October 17, 2024 issue
Under the Spotlight
Richard Sennett’s new book, The Performer, ranges beyond acting to musical, political, social, and pictorial performance.
October 17, 2024 issue
Torture in Israel’s Prisons
Recent reports on the conditions in Israeli detention facilities describe them as sites of systematic abuse.
October 17, 2024 issue
Something in the Dark
Djuna Barnes’s short stories return again and again to characters suffering from love, fear, and alienation.
October 5, 2024
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William Dalrymple: Murder in Karachi“One is a book of love, a simply written but very moving tribute to a murdered husband by a bereaved and grieving wife. The other is a book of hate, a passionate denunciation of a city and a country by a man who regards Karachi as a living hell, and Pakistan as a country of pure evil. Both books are of great interest; though the second is unsound on matters of fact and riddled with errors.”
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