King Leopold's Ghost
Mr. Hochschild talked about his book [King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa],…
For a true appreciation of the character and style of Jessica Mitford, it is necessary to picture Lady Bracknell not only abandoning the pra… read more
For a true appreciation of the character and style of Jessica Mitford, it is necessary to picture Lady Bracknell not only abandoning the practice of arranging marriages for money but also aligning herself with the proletariat, while still managing to remain a character in a Wilde play. The carrying cut-glass voice; the raised eyebrow of disdain that could (like that of P. G. Wodehouse’s forbidding Roderick Spode) “open an oyster at sixty paces”; the stoicism born of stern ancestral discipline yet, withal, a lethal sense of the “ridic,” as Ms. Mitford was fond of putting it. close
Mr. Hochschild talked about his book [King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa],…
Brothers Peter and Christopher Hitchens debated Peter’s new book, The Abolition of Britain: From Lady Chatterley to Tony…
Ronald Takaki discussed his book "A Larger Memory: A History of Our Diversity, With Voices". The book which is construct…
David Brooks discussed his book Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, published by Simon and Sc…