When Art Mattered

Review: Claude Arnaud, Lauren Elkin and Charlotte Mandell (trans.), 'Jean Cocteau: A Life’

Blood, Sweat, and Tears in South Africa

Review: Candice Millard, 'Hero of the Empire'

Alessandro de' Medici / Wikimedia Commons

The Mildly Interesting Prince of Florence

Review: Catherine Fletcher, 'The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de’ Medici'

Imperfect Love

Review: ‘Romeo & Juliet’ at the Lansburgh Theater in Washington, D.C. through November 6

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton

Why Politicians Matter

Review: Sean Wilentz, ‘The Politicians and the Egalitarians’