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Issue: October 2015

The Meister From Germany
Shunned for his politics, Christian Thielemann reveals more than he intended in a book about Wagner
Norman Lebrecht

Scraping and Scumbling
A Tate retrospective of Frank Auerbach’s work reveals a man doggedly committed to his art 
Michael Prodger

Beauty Of The Beast
Rembrandt Bugatti showed the very soul of his animal subjects
Alasdair Palmer

Albert Speer
The post-war rehabilitation of Hitler's architect was utterly undeserved
Daniel Johnson

Pietro Lavini
The Capuchin friar single-handedly returned a medieval church in Italy’s Appenine mountains to its former glory
Peter Stanford

Where To Stick It
The best places in London to indulge in the subversive joys of smoking
Lisa Hilton

The Discreet Charm Of Burgundy
The wine region in the 18th century was a cornucopia of delights but still recognisable as the Burgundy of today
Saintsbury

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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