Times Literary Supplement (November 27, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Mutti Knows Best?’ – Angela Merkel’s triumph and tragedy; Gaughin’s uncensored thoughts; Gladiator II; C.S. Lewis’s Oxford and “The Magic Mountain” at 100…
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Previews: BBC History Magazine – December 2024


BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER 21, 2024: The latest issue features ‘Churchill’ – Is he still the greatest Briton?
‘Churchill’ – Is he still the greatest Briton?
2024’s Best History Books
Chose by our experts
Who Killed The King Of Scots?
The medieval murder mystery that’s yet to be solved
Pedigrees, pets and piles of poo
A bite-sized history of dogs
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Nov. 22, 2024
Times Literary Supplement (November 20, 2024): The latest issue features ‘The Uncommon Reader’ – Virginia Woolf in literary tradition..
What we want from her books
Virginia Woolf as reader, writer and literary inspiration By Sophie Oliver
A star is torn
The unravelling of Vivien Leigh’s marriage amid her mental health breakdown By Vanessa Curtis
Ignorant armies
History as an ideological battleground By Niall Ferguson
Bergson’s boom and bust
How the world’s most famous thinker fell out of fashion By Mark Sinclair
The New York Times Book Review – November 17, 2024

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (November 17, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Who’s Johnny?’…
‘Carson the Magnific: Where’s Johnny? The Biography of a TV Host Whose Life Was a Closed Book.
Johnny Carson dominated late-night television for decades, but closely guarded his privacy. Bill Zehme’s biography, “Carson the Magnificent,” tries to break through.ent,’ by Bill Zehme
Combined Print & E-Book Fiction – Best Sellers
Rankings on weekly lists reflect sales for the week ending November 2, 2024.
Arts & Culture: The New Criterion -December 2024

The New Criterion – The December 2024 issue features…
Art: a special section
An interview with an Old Masters dealer by Benjamin Riley
Monet reversionism by Paul Hayes Tucker
Tokens of culture by James Panero
Politics & the Venice Biennale by Philip Rylands
A monumental park by Michele H. Bogart
Ghiberti versus Donatello by Eric Gibson
The New York Review Of Books – December 5, 2024
The New York Review of Books (November 14, 2024) – The latest issue features The Second Coming – Disinhibition will be the order of the day in Donald Trump’s America.
The Second Coming
Disinhibition will be the order of the day in Donald Trump’s America. By Erin Maglaque
Soundscapes of the Silenced
In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification. Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.
“A Veil of Silence: Women and Sound in Renaissance Italy” by Julia Rombough
In Search of Fullness
In his new book, the philosopher Charles Taylor looks at modern poetry as a unique record of spiritual experience in a secular age.
“Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment” by Charles Taylor
London Review Of Books – November 21, 2024 Preview
London Review of Books (LRB) – November 14 , 2024: The latest issue features ‘The Democrats’ Defeat’….
The Democrats’ Defeat
By Adam Tooze
‘Being the party of normality has its appeal, but it reinforces precisely the wrong instinct. The polycrisis that is unfolding demands not a return to the status quo but urgent, progressive answers both at home and abroad. To formulate and articulate those, the Democrats need politicians, not algorithms. They need personalities capable of responding to the profound questions facing contemporary America.’
Ukraine’s Battle Fatigue
James Meek
‘Would the army as a whole rise up against a government that made territorial concessions to Russia? Perhaps. But the more widely the recruiters spread their net, the more the army reflects a society that is starting to talk openly, if bitterly, about swapping land for peace.’
Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence across the Border by Ieva Jusionyte
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason de León
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Nov. 15, 2024
Times Literary Supplement (November 13, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Books of the Year’ – TLS writers choose their favourites…
Strings of her heart
A cellist is haunted by the history of her instrument By Norma Clarke
Neighbourhood watch
Frank Auerbach and his visions of north London By Rod Mengham
Who is the real puppet?
A spectacular production of Offenbach’s opéra fantastique By Paul Griffiths
The New York Times Book Review – November 10, 2024
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (November 10, 2024): The latest issue features ‘ Looking For The Promised Land’…
The Writing Tool That Mark Twain, Agatha Christie and James Joyce All Swore By
A new history by Roland Allen uncovers the wealth of ideas and invention hidden in the notebooks of literary luminaries.
Calling All Misfits: When Greenwich Village Conquered the Music Scene
In his latest book, the Rolling Stone writer David Browne tracks three decades of folk, blues, rock and jazz below 14th Street.
In Tumultuous Times, Readers Turn to ‘Healing Fiction’
Cozy, whimsical novels — often featuring magical cats — that have long been popular in Japan and Korea are taking off globally. Fans say they offer comfort during a chaotic time.
The New York Times Book Review – November 3, 2024


THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (November 3, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Recipe For Living’ – In “Be Ready When The Luck Happens”, the TV chef Ina Garten asks, “How easy is that?”. Not very.
6 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Book Club Conversation Space: García Márquez Memories
Share your memories of reading García Márquez’s books here.
4 Smart, Riveting New Crime Novels
Our columnists on new books by John Banville, Kate Christensen under a pseudonym and more.