The magazine’s first pop-music critic was never afraid to be overtaken by unexpected delight, even if it came at the expense ...

Heretic, debater, wife-snatcher, subject of a posthumous cult: Pico della Mirandola certainly had a wild career. In this smart and rangy book, Wilson-Lee, a Cambridge don, paints a glorious portrait ...

In 1965, a magician performed a coin trick so clean that even Elvis Presley couldn’t believe his eyes. Two coins, two napkins ...

It’s honest and simple, and in a movie that constantly reminds the audience it’s “just a story,” “As you wish” becomes the ...