Austerlitz Street Baptist Church in Uptown has reopened after being closed for nearly four years due to fire damage.

The turning point in W.G. Sebald’s latest novel, “Austerlitz,” comes when the title character wanders into the disused Ladies Waiting Room at the Liverpool Street Station in London sometime in the ...

Saul Austerlitz teaches a course at New York University on writing about American comedy. He’s certainly qualified, having written a very good book, “Another Fine Mess,” on the subject. But the movie ...

The sitcom is an endangered species. Nielsen reported that just one sitcom was among the top ten regularly scheduled programs last year—and even this was unusual. And unlike in the past, when popular ...

On January 23, 2024, Napoleon was nominated for three Oscars. Be sure to read our review. Napoleon Bonaparte became the ruler of France at age 30, conquered most of Europe before he was 40, and died ...

Dictated account of military success in 1805 contains several corrections made by the exiled French leader Napoleon Bonaparte’s account of his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, dictated and ...

I enjoyed W.G. Sebald's discursive journey through East Anglia, The Rings of Saturn, but the title of Austerlitz, absurdly, put me off. I assumed it would be a ramble, a bit like The Rings, only ...

A Jewish scholar crisscrosses Europe as he searches for his forgotten past, with the journey taking him to the edge of his limits. The book is considered one of the most important works of post-WWII ...