From The Atlantic, in a restored edition of a great classic, sexual anxiety looms large: Christopher Hitchens reviews A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway; fashion in dark times: As the ever-frivolous industry enters a new era, customers are thinking more — a prospect that thrills the best designers; and do CEOs matter? Apple’s stock rises and falls with the faintest rumors about Steve Jobs's health — but how much influence do CEOs really have? Vive la difference: The French way of doing things looks pretty good — at least in these troubled economic times. Ruthless pragmatism: It sends shivers up the spine — but what does it mean, really, to have a "pragmatic" president? From Wired, a look at how gadgets lose their magic. Why has classical music failed to flourish in Ireland, where writers could hardly be more musical? A review of Music and the Irish Literary Imagination by Harry White. From TLS, a review of Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton (and more from Bookforum). From THES, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto salutes the US military's intellectual proving ground. An article on Alvin Goldman and social epistemology, a field in the making. Penguin’s new series of travelogues is rooted in a semi-mythical vision of rural Britain, and overlooks the cities and suburbs where most of us actually live.
