FRANÇOIS JONQUET
François Jonquet, writer and art critic, on Christophe Berhault’s 25000paintings.com GB Tell me why you chose this website. FJ Because it gives a sense of the course of life. 25000 photos […]
WILL SELF
Will Self, novelist and journalist, on a prehistoric hand axe. GB Tell me why you chose this. WS I’d wanted to get hold of a hand axe for some time; […]
RUTH SCURR
Ruth Scurr, writer, historian and literary critic, on Finella, a house in Cambridge. GB Tell me why you chose this. RS Finella is where I write and teach. It […]
ANTHONY GOTTLIEB
Anthony Gottlieb, writer and historian of ideas, on Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House GB Tell me why you chose this. AG Not only does the sight of it produce awe and […]
STEFANOS GEROULANOS
Stefanos Geroulanos, historian, on a fan belonging to his family which is signed by the delegates of the 1878 Berlin Congress. GB Tell me what this is and why you […]
G. GABRIELLE STARR
G. Gabrielle Starr, professor of English and author of Feeling Beauty, on a panel from the Migration Series by Jacob Lawrence. GB Tell me why you chose this. GS One […]
EDWARD FRENKEL
Edward Frenkel, mathematician, author, filmmaker, on a still shot from his film ‘Rites of Love and Math’ GB Tell me why you chose this. EF Most people are daunted by […]
CHRISTOPHER PRENDERGAST
Christopher Prendergast, Scholar, on a photograph of someone dear to him. GB Tell me why you chose this. CP Since I’m an academic, can I be forgiven for beginning with another one, also one of your earlier interlocutors? Michael Tanner’s confession that, although he has read many more books and treatises on the Beautiful than I have, he still has […]
CHARLOTTE HIGGINS
Charlotte Higgins, writer, on William Roy’s map of the Antonine Wall GB Tell me why you chose this map. CH Sometimes beauty is being greeted with an unexpected view as […]
JON RONSON
Jon Ronson, author and documentary filmmaker, on the pond in Regent’s Park, London GB Tell me why you’ve chosen the pond in Regent’s Park. JR It was one of my […]
NOAH FELDMAN
Noah Feldman, author and Professor of Law, on a view of Fowles Point, Maine GB Tell me why you chose this. NF When I’m not in Maine, which is much […]
KATIE KITAMURA
Katie Kitamura, author, on a pile of televisions in a junk shop GB Why did you choose this pile of televisions? KK Obsolescence has its own melancholy. The detritus of […]
ALAN HOLLINGHURST
Alan Hollinghurst, author, on the Uffington White Horse. GB Why have you chosen the White Horse? AH It’s the first work of art that I can remember, and through much […]
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