Notes Ancient & Modern

XLIX, an ancient/medieval edition of the festival, is up at Muhlberger's Early History.

Judith Weingarten reviews Pat Southern's Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen for the THES, 16 April.

Stephen Halliday reviews Patrick H. Armstrong's Darwin's Luck: Chance and Fortune in the Life and Work of Charles Darwin for the THES, 16 April.

Roberta Smith,"Going All Out, Right to the End," NYT, 16 April, reviews"Picasso: Mosqueteros," an exhibit at the Gagosian Gallery in Manhattan.

Roger Lewis reviews Evi Kurz's The Kissinger Saga: Walter and Henry Kissinger, Two Brothers from Fürth, Germany for the Telegraph, 16 April.