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Ross MacDonad’s Sketchbook

Dear Abigail

Death by Committee?

Opera as It Was

A Lighthouse of One’s Own

Wide-Open Spaces

Grab your mask and get out of the house with Roxy Music, Sidney Bechet, Garland Jeffreys, the Bangles, and more

Old Vic, Fresh Air

Hiding the Truth About Antifa from Your Uncle

He has nothing to fear but fear of a mostly over-exaggerated leftist militant concept itself

Double Agent

Read and Be Merry

The Way Things Were

A look back at the debauched inner workings of 80s-era Oxford social life

Murder, They Wrote

Herstory

Wild Nights—Wild Life!

She wanted to make her family proud, and she wanted to be famous: Emily Dickinson’s biographer reveals the poet’s fiery character

Life Under Mao

2020: A Movie Odyssey

What can American audiences learn from Asian cinemas during this pandemic?

The Wandering Jews

Shades of Black

The first major African-American filmmaker still has a lot to tell us

All the Rage

No Filter Required

From Ai Weiwei to Banksy—11 of the wittiest artists to follow on Instagram

Quality Control

Songs that have been selected for your listening pleasure, from Sly and the Family Stone, the Staple Singers, Gang Starr, Paul McCartney, and more

The Family Jewels

A writer’s secret history spans a century, two world wars, and countless precious artworks

Blair Drawson’s Sketchbook

André Carillho’s Sketchbook