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David Herman

Overrated: Eric Hobsbawm
The Marxist historian, born a century ago, didn’t just turn a blind eye to the crimes of Communism but to much else besides
David Herman

Last Of The Great Elitists
A book of conversations with George Steiner, newly available in translation, is a good introduction to the great cultural critic's preoccupations
David Herman

To Understand Trump, Read Huxley — Not Orwell
The 45th President is no Big Brother. Brave New World predicted the world today more accurately than Nineteen Eighty-Four
David Herman

Voices Of Restraint On The Post-War Stage
John Osborne’s angry young men have dated. Rattigan, Coward, Pinter and Stoppard haven’t
David Herman

Arnold Wesker’s Bid To Build A New Jerusalem
What is the lasting legacy of the last of the Angry Young Men?
David Herman

In Today’s Turbulent World We Need Berlin’s Children
Isaiah Berlin’s intellectual heirs are vital voices in an era that challenges liberal assumptions
David Herman

Ben Uri At 100
The centenary exhibition of "the art museum for everyone".
David Herman

Russian Renaissance
Fresh translations of lesser-known Russian literature are opening up new horizons
David Herman

The Rise and Fall of the Abstract Art Boom
Abstraction was long seen as the future. But figurative painting has refused to die and the art world is rewriting its own story
David Herman

Jonathan Miller: One Man, Two Cultures
As he turns 80 this summer, this remarkable polymath deserves to be fêted as a populariser of science and pioneer in the arts
David Herman

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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