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‘Drawn To War’ – the film of a great, lost painter

Watching a long-loved film star in a West London play

A Republican’s view

The Courtauld’s early Munch exhibition reveals a master in the making

National Gallery’s stunning exhibition – it's the look!

A year of nature notes

The UK honours system is a dishonoured mess.

Every generation loses its icons ... but it still hurts

Reading J D Salinger's ‘The Catcher In the Rye’ again

Five years since David’s death but his music largely passed me by

Puffery posing as biography

Talking coincidence with Donna Tartt

A master of the written and spoken word