Can Ye win with black economic nationalism?
Kanye West’s message could do for black America what Trump’s did for the people of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin
The good, bad and ugly in arts and exhbitions
Kanye West’s message could do for black America what Trump’s did for the people of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin
His rant against Democrats was more fun and interesting than the celebrity-endorsed jokes against Kavanaugh that took up the rest of the show
‘Tell ‘em Lindsey sent you!’ he squeaked, offering himself up like a human sacrifice on the altar of entertainment
What might an evening at the flicks with the 45th President look like?
The family drama behind the PBS show
Surely supposed editorial issues at the NYRB could have been addressed without taking the step of dismissing Buruma
The snowflakes aren’t melting as they get older and wiser. They now have jobs in publishing and media and are marching through the institutions they work for
We could believe either Allen’s version or Farrow’s, but that would get us no closer to the truth, because neither is trustworthy and both are proven fantasists
The New York Review of Books editor is the latest casualty of the identitarian mob
The legendary tenor saxophonist died last weekend aged 91
Delacroix in the flesh, at the Met
The critics who disliked 2001 on its initial release found the characters empty and the plot thin — but it’s their criticism that has dated badly
The Seagull reviewed
I remember the moon landing very well. I was nine years old. I can remember too my sense of outrage and disillusion. ‘This is a blatant violation of the moon’s dignity and sovereignty,’ I told my parents, as the astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong attempted to secure the US flag to the lunar surface. … Read more
The forgotten genius of Blue Note was a prince among players, but he died a pauper
The Bookshop reviewed
The noble defence of an infinitely multiplying list of ‘marginalised groups’ is a predatory movement
The group melded the materialism of the urban landscape with what was idealistic and essentially Romantic about the city
Christopher Robin reviewed