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Marina Warner · Celia Paul’s Ghosts
Marina Warner · Celia Paul’s Ghosts
Celia Paul’s writings give every impression of translucency and quivering confession; she is an artist of self-...
Zain Samir · In Lebanon
Zain Samir · In Lebanon
In the 1960s, Lebanese society was divided between those who saw armed resistance against Israel as a national duty and...
John-Paul Stonard · At the Fondazione Giorgio Cini: On Georg Baselitz
John-Paul Stonard · At the Fondazione Giorgio Cini: On Georg Baselitz
Baselitz did not make overtly political art. He felt that what mattered in painting existed on a deeper level than...
Dinah Birch · Beryl Bainbridge makes her point
Dinah Birch · Beryl Bainbridge makes her point
Bainbridge chose to be seen as a woman who lived on her own terms, but that wasn’t always the way she felt, and she...
William Davies · Burnham’s Political Economy
William Davies · Burnham’s Political Economy
Whatever rash remarks he may have made about the bond markets or spending commitments, Andy Burnham understands...
Mark Ford · Berryman’s Bestiary
Mark Ford · Berryman’s Bestiary
John Berryman often arrived at lectures and seminars by taxi from whichever rehab clinic was treating him, and...
Ruby Hamilton · At the Movies: Screwball Comedies
Ruby Hamilton · At the Movies: Screwball Comedies
Screwballs aren’t miserabilist-humanist comedies about learning to revel in imperfection; they’re comedies of...
Andrew O’Hagan · At the NPG: Portraits of Marilyn
Andrew O’Hagan · At the NPG: Portraits of Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe’s image, after Warhol, is still encoded with a vulnerability we instantly recognise, which makes us...
Adam Thirlwell · Gorky v. Tolstoy
Adam Thirlwell · Gorky v. Tolstoy
Gorky was the designated mourner for a vanished moment in Russian culture. He wanted socialism or democracy but he no...
Tom Crewe | The Strange Rebirth of Municipal England
Tom Crewe | The Strange Rebirth of Municipal England
It has been a very large part of the failure of the Labour Party since 2010 that it has been unable to link the grave...
Patricia Lockwood · Diary: A Tradcath Wedding
Patricia Lockwood · Diary: A Tradcath Wedding
Recently I had an opportunity to check in on the state of American Catholicism. The occasion was a tradcath wedding...
Poetry and the Turning World: Sarah Howe, Sandeep Parmar and guests
Poetry and the Turning World: Sarah Howe, Sandeep Parmar and guests
A live recording of the new LRB podcast, Poetry and the Turning World
On Politics: What went wrong with HS2 (and almost everything else)
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Podcast
On Politics: What went wrong with HS2 (and almost everything else)
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 17 June · 1hr 4min
What went wrong with HS2 (and almost everything else)
What went wrong with HS2 (and almost everything else)
HS2 was conceived at a cost of £37.5 billion and originally supposed to link London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. It will now connect only two stations ...
Joanna Biggs · Lena Dunham after ‘Girls’
Joanna Biggs · Lena Dunham after ‘Girls’
Nearly fifteen years after Girls, the way Lena Dunham embodied the character of Hannah Horvath doesn’t seem like a...
Sex, Poetry and the Turning World: Sarah Howe, Sandeep Parmar and Guests
Sex, Poetry and the Turning World: Sarah Howe, Sandeep Parmar and Guests
A live recording of the new LRB podcast, Poetry and the Turning World
Poetry and the Turning World: Technology
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Poetry and the Turning World: Technology
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 14 June · 1hr 31min
Simon Skinner · ‘I wouldn’t pay it either’
Simon Skinner · ‘I wouldn’t pay it either’
This World Cup, unlike Russia 2018, is hosted by democratic nations, and unlike Qatar 2022 the walkways to its stadiums...
Michael Hofmann · Let me count the geese: ‘The Effingers’
Michael Hofmann · Let me count the geese: ‘The Effingers’
Luqman Saeed | In Belfast
Luqman Saeed | In Belfast
Podcast: Sarah Howe and Sandeep Parmar · Poetry and the Turning World
Podcast: Sarah Howe and Sandeep Parmar · Poetry and the Turning World
Arvin Alaigh | Knicks in Five?
Arvin Alaigh | Knicks in Five?
Hal Foster · A Dose of Duchamp
Hal Foster · A Dose of Duchamp
Ardis Butterfield · Illuminated Psalms
Ardis Butterfield · Illuminated Psalms
J. Robert Lennon · Larry McMurtry’s American West
J. Robert Lennon · Larry McMurtry’s American West
Tom Williams | In Southampton
Tom Williams | In Southampton
Malcolm Gaskill · ‘Dead of Night’
Malcolm Gaskill · ‘Dead of Night’
Deborah Friedell · Will Newsom run?
Deborah Friedell · Will Newsom run?
Rahmane Idrissa · Versions of the Sahara
Rahmane Idrissa · Versions of the Sahara
Malin Hay | Chattiness
Malin Hay | Chattiness
Inigo Thomas · Diary: JFK Jr and Me
Inigo Thomas · Diary: JFK Jr and Me
Lili Owen Rowlands · Agnès Varda’s Fruit Salad
Lili Owen Rowlands · Agnès Varda’s Fruit Salad
Greg Afinogenov · What Russians Want
Greg Afinogenov · What Russians Want
James Meek · Short Cuts: Burnham’s Learning
James Meek · Short Cuts: Burnham’s Learning
David Runciman · Gamification
David Runciman · Gamification
Stefan Collini · Bonfire of the Universities
Stefan Collini · Bonfire of the Universities
LRB Ceramics – The LRB Store
LRB Ceramics – The LRB Store
Adam Mars-Jones · George Saunders’s ‘Vigil’
Adam Mars-Jones · George Saunders’s ‘Vigil’
Emily Berry · Lynette Roberts holds firm
Emily Berry · Lynette Roberts holds firm
Robert Cioffi · Egypt under the Ptolemies
Robert Cioffi · Egypt under the Ptolemies
Diarmaid MacCulloch · Baltic Snake Cults
Diarmaid MacCulloch · Baltic Snake Cults
Thomas Nagel · Should we punish?
Thomas Nagel · Should we punish?
Alex Cocotas · Diary: Memories of Harrison Starr
Alex Cocotas · Diary: Memories of Harrison Starr
Salman Abu Sitta | Right of Return
Salman Abu Sitta | Right of Return
Michael Wood · At the Movies: ‘The Stranger’
Michael Wood · At the Movies: ‘The Stranger’
Des Freedman | ‘Hate Marches’
Des Freedman | ‘Hate Marches’
Becca Rothfeld · On Marlen Haushofer
Becca Rothfeld · On Marlen Haushofer
Tom Stevenson · America’s Afghanistan Delusion
Tom Stevenson · America’s Afghanistan Delusion
On Politics: A New Era for UK
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On Politics: A New Era for UK
John Lanchester · Where’s all the cash?
John Lanchester · Where’s all the cash?
Gazelle Mba · At Tate Modern: Nigerian Modernism
Gazelle Mba · At Tate Modern: Nigerian Modernism
James Butler · Labour’s Failure
James Butler · Labour’s Failure
On Politics: The Fall of Orbán, the Rise of Magyar
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On Politics: The Fall of Orbán, the Rise of Magyar
Richard King · Labour in Wales
Richard King · Labour in Wales
Thomas Jones · Len Deighton’s Spy World
Thomas Jones · Len Deighton’s Spy World
Paul Taylor · Diary: Ask Claude
Paul Taylor · Diary: Ask Claude
T.J. Clark · De Kooning in Cuba
T.J. Clark · De Kooning in Cuba
Jan-Werner Müller · Orbán’s Fall
Jan-Werner Müller · Orbán’s Fall
Close Readings | ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’ by Leo Tolstoy
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Podcast
Close Readings | ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’ by Leo Tolstoy
Tom Stevenson | Dependency Culture
Tom Stevenson | Dependency Culture
Andrew O’Hagan · Death on the Thames
Andrew O’Hagan · Death on the Thames
Laleh Khalili · Who owns the Arctic?
Laleh Khalili · Who owns the Arctic?
The Man Behind the Curtain: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary ShelleyThe Man Behind the Curtain: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley
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Podcast
The Man Behind the Curtain: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary ShelleyThe Man Behind the Curtain: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley
On Politics: The Pope and the President
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Podcast
On Politics: The Pope and the President
William Davies · Politics on Speed
William Davies · Politics on Speed
Gaby Wood · At the Movies: ‘Rose of Nevada’
Gaby Wood · At the Movies: ‘Rose of Nevada’
James Lasdun · In Court and on the Road
James Lasdun · In Court and on the Road
Gospel Furbelow Dastard | Ian Patterson on J.H. Prynne
Gospel Furbelow Dastard | Ian Patterson on J.H. Prynne
‘A Series of Headaches’ limited edition print – The LRB Store
‘A Series of Headaches’ limited edition print – The LRB Store
Shakespeare's First Folio meets the LRB
Shakespeare's First Folio meets the LRB
Charles Glass · Diary: Beirut, Now and Then
Charles Glass · Diary: Beirut, Now and Then
Francis Gooding · Sounds before Words
Francis Gooding · Sounds before Words
The LRB Podcast: Men Looking at Men
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The LRB Podcast: Men Looking at Men
Matthew Bevis · On James Schuyler
Matthew Bevis · On James Schuyler
Christian Lorentzen · Ben Lerner’s ‘Transcription’
Christian Lorentzen · Ben Lerner’s ‘Transcription’
The LRB Podcast: The War in Lebanon
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The LRB Podcast: The War in Lebanon
Sarah Resnick · Ágota Kristóf’s Secrets
Sarah Resnick · Ágota Kristóf’s Secrets
Ian Penman · Back to the Beach Boys
Ian Penman · Back to the Beach Boys
Raha Nik-Andish | After the Ceasefire
Raha Nik-Andish | After the Ceasefire
Eyal Weizman · Gaza’s Yellow Line
Eyal Weizman · Gaza’s Yellow Line
Jan-Werner Müller | At a Budapest Scruton Café
Jan-Werner Müller | At a Budapest Scruton Café
Arianne Shahvisi | Gamer’s Dilemma
Arianne Shahvisi | Gamer’s Dilemma
LRB Screen: ‘Piccadilly’ (1929) with Emma-Lee Moss
LRB Screen: ‘Piccadilly’ (1929) with Emma-Lee Moss
Vadim Nikitin · Christopher Steele’s Assertions
Vadim Nikitin · Christopher Steele’s Assertions
Tom Crewe · Caillebotte’s Gaze
Tom Crewe · Caillebotte’s Gaze
Tom Johnson · Industrious Revolution
Tom Johnson · Industrious Revolution
Erin L. Thompson | The Epstein Marbles
Erin L. Thompson | The Epstein Marbles
Dinah Birch · How to write about fascism
Dinah Birch · How to write about fascism
Andrew Cockburn · Mossad’s Kill List
Andrew Cockburn · Mossad’s Kill List
Vincent Bevins · Diary: Serbia’s Student Movement
Vincent Bevins · Diary: Serbia’s Student Movement
James Butler · Cultures of Homosexuality
James Butler · Cultures of Homosexuality
Tony Wood · At MoMA: Wifredo Lam Reconsidered
Tony Wood · At MoMA: Wifredo Lam Reconsidered
Canvas Bags – The LRB Store
Canvas Bags – The LRB Store
Patricia Lockwood · Supersensual Ear: Willa Cather’s Substance
Patricia Lockwood · Supersensual Ear: Willa Cather’s Substance
Nancy Fraser | After Habermas
Nancy Fraser | After Habermas
LRB Screen x MUBI: Law and Order
LRB Screen x MUBI: Law and Order
Why you can't change someone's mind
Why you can't change someone's mind
On Politics: Why you can’t change someone’s mind (Apple Podcasts and Spotify)
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On Politics: Why you can’t change someone’s mind (Apple Podcasts and Spotify)
Amjad Iraqi · From Gaza to Iran
Amjad Iraqi · From Gaza to Iran
Michael Hofmann · Rembrandt in Palm Beach
Michael Hofmann · Rembrandt in Palm Beach
Narrative Poems: ‘Paradise Lost’
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Narrative Poems: ‘Paradise Lost’
Steven Shapin · Talk to the hand
Steven Shapin · Talk to the hand
Ordinary Abuse | The LRB Podcast
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Ordinary Abuse | The LRB Podcast
Susan Pedersen · Diary: Men explain Epstein to me
Susan Pedersen · Diary: Men explain Epstein to me
Nicholas Spice · Schubert’s Imagination
Nicholas Spice · Schubert’s Imagination
Joanna Biggs · Solvej Balle’s Time Loop
Joanna Biggs · Solvej Balle’s Time Loop
Daniella Shreir · Chantal Akerman’s Predicament
Daniella Shreir · Chantal Akerman’s Predicament
Andrew O’Hagan · Mummy’s Favourite
Andrew O’Hagan · Mummy’s Favourite
Edmund Gordon · Flannery O’Connor’s Judgments
Edmund Gordon · Flannery O’Connor’s Judgments
On Politics: Keir Starmer’s Mess
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On Politics: Keir Starmer’s Mess
What Next in Iran? | The LRB Podcast
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What Next in Iran? | The LRB Podcast
Long Ling · Diary: Divorce, Beijing Style
Long Ling · Diary: Divorce, Beijing Style
Jackson Lears · Globaloney: Brzezinski’s Cold War
Jackson Lears · Globaloney: Brzezinski’s Cold War
Tom Stevenson · Iran, Week One
Tom Stevenson · Iran, Week One
Alexander Bevilacqua · Dinosaurs on the Ark
Alexander Bevilacqua · Dinosaurs on the Ark
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together
Susannah Clapp · At the British Museum: ‘Hawaii’
Susannah Clapp · At the British Museum: ‘Hawaii’
Paul Taylor · Overdiagnosis
Paul Taylor · Overdiagnosis
David Trotter · Lydia Davis’s Method
David Trotter · Lydia Davis’s Method
Michael Dobson · Marlowe’s Betrayals
Michael Dobson · Marlowe’s Betrayals
James Butler | Just Voting
James Butler | Just Voting
Deborah Friedell · Short Cuts: Versions of Melania
Deborah Friedell · Short Cuts: Versions of Melania
Erin Maglaque · Caravaggio’s Clothes
Erin Maglaque · Caravaggio’s Clothes
James Butler · Mandelson and the Lobbyists
James Butler · Mandelson and the Lobbyists
Tobias Gregory · Milton’s Theology
Tobias Gregory · Milton’s Theology
Jeremy Harding · Bardot at the Notting Hill Coronet
Jeremy Harding · Bardot at the Notting Hill Coronet
Brian Dillon · Boris Mikhailov’s Provocations
Brian Dillon · Boris Mikhailov’s Provocations
Anna Aslanyan | Esperanto on Ice
Anna Aslanyan | Esperanto on Ice
Gaby Wood · At the Movies: ‘The Secret Agent’
Gaby Wood · At the Movies: ‘The Secret Agent’
James Meek · Romania’s Far Right
James Meek · Romania’s Far Right
Jameel Jaffer · Thought Control
Jameel Jaffer · Thought Control
From the Archive: ‘The War on Terrorism: Is There an Alternative?’
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From the Archive: ‘The War on Terrorism: Is There an Alternative?’
Laleh Khalili · Guns, Money and Opium
Laleh Khalili · Guns, Money and Opium
On Politics: Peter Mandelson and the Private Life of Power
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On Politics: Peter Mandelson and the Private Life of Power
The Slow Death of Democracy with David Runciman, Lyse Doucet, Thant Myint-U and Christopher Clark
The Slow Death of Democracy with David Runciman, Lyse Doucet, Thant Myint-U and Christopher Clark
James Wolcott · Updike Reconsidered
James Wolcott · Updike Reconsidered
Seamus Perry · Pluralism and the Modern Poet
Seamus Perry · Pluralism and the Modern Poet
Yiyun Li | To Remember in America
Yiyun Li | To Remember in America
Iza Ding · China sits the Gaokao
Iza Ding · China sits the Gaokao
Jude Wanga | The centre shrinks
Jude Wanga | The centre shrinks
Raha Nik-Andish | In Tehran
Raha Nik-Andish | In Tehran
Jonathan Rée · Kojève v. Hegel
Jonathan Rée · Kojève v. Hegel
Close Readings: ‘Silent Spring’ – Apple Podcasts
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Podcast
Close Readings: ‘Silent Spring’ – Apple Podcasts
Thomas Jones · Keeping Up with the Caesars
Thomas Jones · Keeping Up with the Caesars
Christian Lorentzen · I’m always in the club: Peter Matthiessen in Paris
Christian Lorentzen · I’m always in the club: Peter Matthiessen in Paris
Michael Chessum | Who’s afraid of Andy Burnham?
Michael Chessum | Who’s afraid of Andy Burnham?
Rosemary Hill · Jessica Mitford’s Handbag
Rosemary Hill · Jessica Mitford’s Handbag
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi · Iran’s Crises
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi · Iran’s Crises
Adam Shatz · Visions of America
Adam Shatz · Visions of America
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