Articles of Note

Alice Munro, former bookseller and tobacco picker, master of the contemporary short story, wins the Nobel Prize in Literature... more »

New Books

?Fashion is ephemeral. Art is eternal,' said Oscar Wilde, who was no fan of frills and bows. He advocated for the Rational Dress Society... more »

Essays & Opinions

In 1963, Jessica, lone leftist among the Mitford sisters, exposed the funeral industrial complex as a ?huge, macabre, and expensive practical joke?... more »