Book Review: Charlemagne
/The larger-than-life medieval Frankish king Charlemagne is the subject of a definitive single-volume biography now translated into English
Read MoreInfinitesimal Jest
/Ian McEwan's latest novel has an ingenious premise--but does it deliver on its promise? Rohan Maitzen reviews Nutshell.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week: Kurtág string quartets
/Away from the imprisonment of a concert hall, György Kurtág's string quartets create an ambience akin to Gregorian chant: it's the perfect chillout music.
Read MoreBook Review: Turner
/A sumptuous new biography of the man behind the Turner legend
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Tchaikovsky
/The benchmarks for Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony are mono in both uses of the term, aural and chromatic. How does a modern release hold up?
Read MoreBook Review: Black Elk
/The Sioux medicine man and centerpiece of "Black Elk Speaks" is the subject of a comprehensive new biography
Read MoreBook Review: Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion
/A big new biography attempts to get at the flesh-and-blood man behind the problematic theory of Marxism
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week: French Suites
/After playing all his life for Columbia Masterworks, Murray Perahia has released his first recording for Deutsche Grammophon, a luminous recording of Bach's French Suites.
Read MoreBook Review: Something in the Blood
/A big, generous new biography of the man who created Dracula
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
/It is so rare to hear the Gurre Lieder live that most of us are acquainted with it only on record. A new concert recording of this liminal composition aims to join the pantheon.
Read MoreBook Review: Britain's War, 1937-1941: Into Battle
/A lively new history of the years England fought alone against the might of Nazi Germany
Read MoreBook Review: Vanity Fair's Writers on Writers
/The editors of Vanity Fair magazine delve into their century of writing to serve up dozens of their best writers writing about other writers.
Read MoreBook Review: Northmen
/A gripping new history tells the broader story of the Viking Era
Read MoreBook Review: Eyes on the Street
/A lively new biography tells the story of iconic urban visionary and outspoken cultural critic Jane Jacobs.
Read MoreAbsent Friends: An Intellectual All The Time
/An old book by a monk may be the best thing ever written about the practice of thinking. Robert Minto revisits The Intellectual Life.
Read MoreLove In Every Stitch
/A fascinating book explores the relationship between necessity and love in military knitting across the ages.
Read MoreStrange and Dark As It Is
/Fantasy author Rjurik Davidson returns with the second novel of minotaurs, magic, and political unrest. Justin Hickey reviews The Stars Askew.
Read MoreLoving American Philosophy: A Testimony
/John Kaag's memoir of personal engagement with American philosophy demonstrates its ongoing vitality. Kenyon Gradert reviews.
Read MorePoetry: grief
/a poem
Read MoreNo Further Arrests Have Been Made
/The serial killer who stalked the streets of London in 1888 and became immortal under the name Jack the Ripper is the subject of a sumptuous new collection of fact and fiction.
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