I have said to myself during the last fortnight that if I were a Scotchman I too should be conceited, and that I should especially avail myself of this privilege if I were a native of Edinburgh.

On Advance Britannia: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1942–1945, by Alan Allport.

Conrado Tenaglia was a 2025 visiting scholar at Harvard Law School and, previously, a partner for almost twenty-five years at Linklaters, LLP.

In the first half of the twentieth century, Longhi (1890–1970) almost singlehandedly reestablished Caravaggio’s reputation and focused new attention on his persistent influence on a remarkable number ...

To deconstruct is to debunk. And the primary thrust of critical theory, which continues to trend in academia, is to debunk whatever it sets its sights on—to deconstruct edifices of thought by ...

The Woman, the Martyr,” by Sarah Ruden.

On The Political and Strategic History of the World, Vol. I, by Conrad Black.

W it h an extra-long run—a notorious marathon for exhibitors—The Winter Show straddles the timing of the American-art ...

Conrado Tenaglia on the causes of Argentina’s economic troubles.

Paul A. Rahe on “The History of the Peloponnesian War,” by Thucydides, edited and translated by Robin Waterfield.

David Walsh on “The Olavo de Carvalho Reader.” ...

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