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Reviews: Culture
Book Review: ‘Marcus Aurelius Meditations: the annotated edition’
The private philosophical notebooks of a Second-Century Roman Emperor.
Book Review: ‘Romanticism: a very short introduction’ by Michael Ferber
A useful guide to what made the Romantics tick.
Book Review: ‘Further Requirements’ by Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin interviews, broadcasts, statements and book reviews, 1952–1985.
Book Review: ‘Inventing the Enemy’ by Umberto Eco
Essays on everything.
Book Review: ‘The White Album’ by Joan Didion
New Journalism from the late-1960s and early 1970s.
Book Review: ‘Dead and Alive’ by Zadie Smith
A fantastic collection of essays.
Book Review: ‘Vertigo’ by Harald Jähner
The rise and fall of Weimar Germany, 1918–1933.
Book Review: ‘Vivian Maier Developed’ by Ann Marks
The unearthed biography of a lauded photographic nanny.
Book Review: ‘Landscapes’ by John Berger
Excellent essay collection on art and culture.