decadence
What a rabbit hole this film takes you down
Madfabulous is a biopic of Henry Paget, the fifth Marquess of Anglesey, who was probably mad and definitely fabulous. His…
A portrait of the fin de siècle in all its morbid decadence
Matthew Sturgis leads us into a sultry, incense-laden world where Death itself nurses a sinister preference for the young
A phoenix from the ashes
‘Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.’ Albert Einstein’s deft avoidance of the question put to…
Naughty boy
In seven short years, Aubrey Beardsley mastered the art of outrage. Laura Gascoigne on the gloriously indecent illustrations of a singular genius
