Chords and discords
Musical excellence can blunt the edge of political disputes
A maestro of detail long before Leonardo
How Jan van Eyck changed the trajectory of Western art
A harness for history
Thomas Piketty is haunted by the failures of social democracy, but his own ideas for fixing society are far from novel
Dangerous tribes
A chilling, compulsive investigation into online extremist groups
A hunger for the truth
A film about the the Holodomor’s exposure should prompt debate on the famine-denialist Walter Duranty
A marriage of Brahms and Wagner
Before his journey into atonality, Schoenberg composed the surprisingly accessible "Verklärte Nacht"
Brandt and Moore: The gentleman and the miner
Based on the impulse to look at everything afresh, Modernist photography could not help but deliver a jumble of perspectives, on both sides of the Atlantic
A conspiracy unmasked
Despite having no instinct for organisation and never using the jargon of modern business management, Margaret Thatcher had extraordinary political instincts. These are a central theme of Herself Alone, the third volume
Lords and Ladies of Byzantium
Ancient Greek culture, Roman law and Eastern Christianity all contributed to the longevity of the Byzantine Empire
An Array of Ageless Visages
The faces on show at the National Gallery and the Queen's Gallery are of their times, yet timeless