
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
January 17, 2026The Pre-Raphaelites shared several treasured ideals, but their painting styles varied greatly. The two transcendent themes,...

100 Greatest Gangster Films: Eastern Promises, #29
January 8, 2026The diary of Tatiana (Tatiana Maslany), a 14-year-old, drug-addicted prostitute who dies while giving birth to...
The Collector by John Fowles
December 10, 2025Fowles was a writer who always seemed content to remain in the shadows, on the edge...
Battle for Europe: How the Duke of Marlborough Masterminded the Defeat of France at Blenheim by Charles Spencer
December 8, 2025Even the greatest deeds of brave men can be forgotten in the mists of time -...
After the Victorians by A.N. Wilson
December 6, 2025Like its predecessor, The Victorians, this book is a portrait of an age, rather than a...
Beyond the Balkans – Eric Ambler and the British Espionage Novel, 1936-1940
November 27, 2025Eric Ambler (1909-1998) was one of the foremost architects of espionage fiction as it exists today....

Blu-Ray/DVD Review: The Wicker Tree
November 22, 2025The rites themselves have changed in practice if not in spirit, and the movie rekindles enough...

I Say! Hammer Plans A Woman In Black Sequel?
November 14, 2025The Hammer Studio has announced a sequel, but what are we to expect in revisiting the...

John Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum
November 14, 2025Constable's approach to landscape painting, however, was far more than an exercise in nostalgia. Instead, he...

Book Review: The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination
November 3, 2025It was at Oxford University that Burne-Jones found divine beauty and William Morris. They shared a...










