From the November 2021 Issue The Artist Behind the Bowler Hat Magritte: A Life By Alex Danchev, with Sarah Whitfield
From the August 2021 Issue Virtuosos of the Asylum The Gallery of Miracles and Madness: Insanity, Art and Hitler’s First Mass-Murder Programme By Charlie English
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From the October 2019 Issue Burning Visions Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright By Paul Hendrickson LR
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Johannes Gutenberg cut corners at every turn when putting together his bible. How, then, did his creation achieve such renown?
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Convinced of her own brilliance, Gertrude Stein wished to be ‘as popular as Gilbert and Sullivan’ and laboured tirelessly to ensure that her celebrity would outlive her.
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Princess Diana was adored and scorned, idolised, canonised and chastised.
Why, asks @NshShulman, was everyone mad about Diana?
Find out in the May issue of Literary Review, out now.
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