Nicola Shulman

1 week ago | the-tls.co.uk | Nicola Shulman |Stephen Glover |James Robins |Conrad Landin

To access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe here Behind the velvet rope The former editor of Vanity Fair looks back on an era of excess “Do you know who I am?” This question, when spoken to doormen, waiters, maîtres d’, airline staff, traffic wardens, police officers, receptionists, girls with clipboards at the entrance to social events and any other persons with a remit to restrict our freedom of movement, is a sure sign that the speaker has lost their bearings in the cosmic...

2 months ago | the-tls.co.uk | Anna Reid |Megan Marz |Nicola Shulman |Emily Kopley

In June 2023, the Ukrainian novelist and poet Victoria Amelina was about to leave the country and take up a residency in Paris, where she could be reunited with her young son and turn her wartime experiences into a book. Before her departure she made a last trip east, accompanying a delegation of Colombian writers to the frontline town of Kramatorsk. They were having supper in a pizzeria when a Russian missile struck. The Colombians were unharmed, but Amelina died of her wounds a few days later.