The book is a tale of what can go wrong when an old New York WASP family comes up against the forces of cultural ...

Nothing funny about that, is there? This is why I prefer the word “murder” to “assassination” to describe what happened at ...

David Dubal on the progeny of great writers, artists & composers.

We were introduced by a former teacher and lifelong friend, the historian John Lukacs, who had been an admirer of Macdonald ...

Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum,” at the Frick Collection.

Andrew Stuttaford on recently published fiction by Daniel Kehlmann, John Banville, Daphne du Maurier & André Aciman.

Dominic Green on recent London performances of Euripides’ “Bacchae” & Ibsen’s “The Lady from the Sea.” ...

Plato and the Tyrant is in fact the story of how Plato attempted to instruct not one but three Syracusan tyrants: Dionysius ...

The New Criterion · Andrew Jones book party On Friends of The New Criterion gathered at a private New York club to discuss his latest book, “The ...

Songs of the heart, etc. This episode is about songs of the heart. There is one from Russia, performed two diffe ...

This case is the latest sign that we are approaching the end of the “rights” revolution that began six decades ago. The ...

It is with great sadness that we record the death of Jonas Dovydenas, a celebrated war photographer, generous supporter of The New Criterion, and longtime friend of the editors. Jonas was in his ...