Reading Whistler’s Nocturne in Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge as a piece of music
Whistler’s paintings were first compared to music in 1863 when the French critic Paul Manz described his haunting portrait, ...
‘Yellowstone to Yosemite With Kevin Costner’ Review: On Teddy Roosevelt’s Trail
The actor hosts a three-part documentary on FOX Nation about Yosemite National Park and a legendary camping trip there in 1903, when naturalist John Muir lobbied the president to better protect the ...
Friday essay: a reinvention of self – the pleasure of literary journeys
Reading, writes Edwina Preston, is a way of journeying on the wings of others without moving from the armchair (or bed). Here ...