Lev Bratishenko
Our ancient ancestors may have been more civilized than we are
A new book offers a version of history in which we lived for thousands of years in large and complex societies without kings or cops
The American West was even wilder than we think
Historian and author Mark A. Lause contends the cowboys of the mythic American West were more diverse—and downtrodden—than we realize
For Canada 150, architects should aim for solutions, not landmarks
Canada’s centennial spurred a slew of architectural glories. But 50 years later, a truly great monument would be a design for a better country
For top cultural jobs, Canadians need not apply
Many of Canada’s biggest arts institutions are now run by foreigners. Is that so bad?
A Thatcherite’s obituary for the European Union
A cleverly Brexit-timed release from London School of Economics professor John R. Gillingham
JFK as you’ve never heard him
An opera about an American icon by a Medicine Hat native opens in Fort Worth
What an opera review spiked by the National Post really tells us
A critic on the incident that has the international music world in a flap—and the troubling truth about art criticism in our times
A Burglar’s Guide to the City
Geoff Manaugh gives us a thief’s-eye-view of urban design
This is the new ‘brain belt’
Cities in the economically depressed rust belt of North America are reinventing themselves with new technology
Remembering when architecture predicted the future
‘Last Futures’ yearns for a time when we used architecture to imagine better futures for everyone, not just paying customers
The trouble with austerity nostalgia
Owen Hatherley’s book on why we keep calm and carry on with our fake, troubling nostalgia
A dream-like critique of post-Soviet Russia
Sergei Lebedev’s debut novel deploys surrealism and poetry as he ventures into the Gulag, seeking answers