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In this week’s TLS. Can the life be separated from the work? Paying tribute to the capaciousness, depth and forensic brilliance of T. S. Eliot’s criticism in his lead review of The Collected Prose, edited by Archie Burnett, Stephen Romer argues that these volumes represent a “pushback”.

6 days ago · T. S. Eliot’s prose; political divides; Yukio Mishima’s deadly art; foreign money and English football; Mark Twain abroad – and much more.

Since 1902, we have been publishing expert reviews and insightful, sometimes provocative essays by the best writers from around the world. We cover everything from The Tempest to the climate crisis; little magazines to Big Tech; The Rite of Spring to the Arab Spring; Dionysus to Diane Arbus.. Every year, we review 1500 books – that’s more than the London Review of Books, Literary Review ...

Oct 25, 2024 · In this week’s TLS. In Polis, Ma argues that in the “classical” period celebrated by western poets and historians, the Greek cities reached their nadir, not their peak.Vicious class war and 100 years of violent intercity competition and empire-building disfigured this …

Dec 13, 2024 · The legend of Marie Antoinette; Italy after Mussolini; a coffee-house scientist; Alan Moore’s ‘other’ London; what Kindle readers want – and much more.

Nov 29, 2024 · Gaugin uncensored; Angela Merkel’s triumph and tragedy; C. S. Lewis’s Oxford; The Magic Mountain at 100; Mary Beard on Gladiator II – and much more

Sep 13, 2024 · Thom Gunn’s Californian odyssey; the rise of the French far right; Garth Greenwell and the crisis of attention; an unfilmable film noir – and much more

May 31, 2024 · Considering Kafka, 100 years after his death; India under Modi; the survival of Alfred Dreyfus; psychiatric problems; everyday heroics – and much more

Summer Books 2024; Isherwood's inspiration; fine-art fraud; Nasser's legacy; feminism and Morris dancing – and much more