Articles of Note
The war on bric-a-brac. Long before Marie Kondo, Unitarian ministers and interior designers fought against Victorian-era excess with calls for “Simplicity!” and “No junk!”... more »
New Books
A tale of two composers. Liszt had a gargantuan personality and regularly played to sold-out crowds; Chopin, who rarely played in public, had incapacitating stage fright... more »
Essays & Opinions
“Electric buttons have become the masters of the world,” complained a French nobleman in 1903. Technophobia has spread, but getting rid of technology isn’t the answer... more »
