Italy’s first computer wizard
A review of Sottsass, by Philippe Thomé. This book of essays is the perfect tribute to the Italian godfather of modern design
A modern Japanese master
A review of The Hunting Gun and Bullfight, by Yasushi Inoue, translated by Michael Emmerich. Whether exploring the distanced and reflective or edgy and jagged, this Japanese author is a modern master
Ruling the waves…
A review of Women of the World: The Rise of the Female Diplomat, by Helen McCarthy. Until the second half of the 20th century, female diplomacy meant wives and dresses
… and waiving the rules
A review of Coming Up Trumps: A Memoir, by Jean Trumpington, who moved through life with the sceptical wit of a highly intelligent scullerymaid
New ways of seeing
‘I’m not interested in the grand vistas of landscape but in the small details’ – Andrew Lambirth talks to Justin Partyka
Weird and wonderful
Martin Gayford catches an exhibition of the peculiar but brilliant work of Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence
The spiritual in landscape
This artistic celebration of the Welsh landscape at National Museum Cardiff suggests Romanticism is back in fashion
Snap happy
The Estorick Collection salutes the work of one of the first, and greatest, paparazzi, Marcello Geppetti
Northern light
Plus: a revival of Jonathan Kent’s 2006 production of Tosca at the Royal Opera House with little to get excited about
Visual bombast
Deborah Ross puts her disapproving hat on for this dud of a new movie from the once promising young British director Gareth Edwards
Touchstone of humanity
James Delingpole sees dwarf Tyrion Lannister as a touchstone of humanity in an otherwise savage world
Lines of beauty
Plus: radio producer Neil Kanwal visits the three continents his family traversed to get to Britain
Sketches of war and peace
The work of the polymath General Hope Crealock is on show at London International Antiquarian Book Fair
Bridge
The Schapiro Spring Foursomes, held in early May in Stratford-upon-Avon, is one of the great tournaments and this time it…
In training
In my column of 26 April I suggested that the new world champion Magnus Carlsen was in need of some…
No. 314
White to play. This is a variation from Caruana-Radjabov, Gashimov Memorial, Shamkir 2014. The advanced White c-pawn gives him an…
Double celebration
In Competition No. 2847 you were invited to submit a poem celebrating a famous duo. You wheeled out a colourful…
