By • Feb 26,2006

Spark of Genius

For much of the last year, I have been immersed in the novels of Muriel Spark. It’s had the effect of making me feel not quite myself. Spark would probably...

By • Feb 26,2006

Fiction: Rialto’s Women

The music playing-what is it called? It’s called chill, not cold not warm but chill, soft beats and harmless melodies. Lounge music. God, it’s loud. “I’m going to get my...

By • Feb 12,2006

Those terrible ‘toons

It’s hard to talk about the ongoing flap over the Danish political cartoons without feeling a sense of irony. Here you have a handful of drawings making the argument (clumsily...